What Makes up a Dragon

 

 

THe Making of a Dragon

 

The Chinese dragon is said to be made up of nine entities. A head of a camel, eyes of a demon, ears of a cow, horns of a stag, neck of an inguana, a belly of a frog, body of a snake, claws of an eagle, paws of a tiger, and its 117 scales are of a carp. Out of the 117 scales 81 are infused with yang and 36 are infused with yin, it evens out their temper and personality.

 

Chinese terms for dragon

For a little Chinese lesson, that might come in handy in the future... maybe. In Chinese the word for dragon is lung. Tien-lung is the celestial dragon. Shen-lung is the spiritual dragon. Ti-lung is the earth dragon. Fut's-lung is the underworld dragon or the treasure keeping dragon.

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