European dragon - European dragon Saint George versus the dragon In European mythology, a dragon is a serpent-like creature. It is sometimes known by the Nordic word, wyrm. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Dragons in modern times 2 Dragons in Slavic mythology 3 Dragons in Celtic mythology 4 Dragons in Germanic mythology 5 Dragons in Norse mythology 6.
Komodo dragon - Komodo dragon Komodo dragon Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Sub-order: Sauria Family: Varanidae Genus: Varanus Species: komodoensis Binomial name Varanus komodoensis The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, growing to a length of 3 metres and weighing between 80 and 140 kg. It is a member of the monitor lizard family, Varanidae. Dragons have keen senses and are considered one of the most intelligent living reptiles. They are carnivores and hunt live prey, with a stealthy approach followed by a sudden short charge (they can run briefly at speeds up to 20 km/h). They have a strong bite augmented by severe infection of wounds, caused by the some 50 different strains of bacteria in their saliva. Dragons.
Dragon - Dragon Here be dragons: European dragon, mythical creature Chinese dragon, mythical creature Dragon King Dragon (Zodiac) Middle-earth dragon, fictional creature Komodo dragon, reptile animal Dragon 64, 1980s home computer Trogdor, a fictional dragon. Dragon magazine, a Dungeons & Dragons magazine Dragon (band), a New Zealand band. D&D Dragons dragons in dungeons & dragons(and other table top RPGs) See also: list of dragons This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Dragon 64 - Dragon 64 The Dragon 64 and the Dragon 32 were home computers built in the 1980s around the Motorola 6809 processor running at 0,894 Mhz. Accessing a certain 16 bit hardware address let the processor double its clockspeed. Unfortunately that somewhat compromised the stability of the system. The Dragon-Computers were clones of the TRS-80 Color Computer, produced for the European market and manufactured in Wales (Great Britain). The main differences between the two models were RAM size and colour. The Dragon 32 had 32kB of RAM and was beige, the Dragon 64 had 64kB of RAM and was grey. Several peripherals existed for it helped with add ons such as the Dragons Claw which gave the Dragon access to the BBC Micro's large range of accessories..
Dragon boat race - Dragon boat race A more specific term for dragon boat as a sport is dragon boat race, which is a team paddling sport on water, using painted boats to which are attached decorative dragon heads and tails. The length of the race can be 500 meters and the normal crew number is 22, including 20 paddlers, 1 steerer and 1 drummer. Two dragon boat teams competing. The drummer, steerer and paddlers can be clearly seen. () During the dragon boat race the paddlers sit in pairs, facing forward unlike in rowing. The steerer, also called a helm or steersperson, either sits or stands at the back of the boat. Good steerers keep a straight course during the race, and also keep the boat and the crew.
Chinese dragon - Chinese dragon The Chinese dragon (龍, in pinyin: long2) is a mythical creature resembling a snake. It is the embodiment of the concept of yang. Associated with weather and water--the bringer of rain--the Chinese dragon is also a shape-changer (or at least a size-changer). It is thought of as benevolent and often caretakers. The legend has it that the Huang Di (Yellow Emperor) used a snake for his coat of arms. Every time he conquered another tribe, he added his defeated enemy's emblem into his. Huang Di was immortalized into a dragon that looks like his emblem. That explains why the Chinese dragon has a body of a snake; the scales and tail of a fish; the antlers of a deer; the face of a qilin (a.
Puff the Magic Dragon - Puff the Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written and popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s. The song is so well-known that it has entered American and British pop culture. The lyrics for Puff were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled Custard the Dragon, about a "realio, trulio, little pet dragon." Lipton passed his poem on to his friend Peter Yarrow, who added a tune and additional lyrics to transform the poem into the song. Believed by many people to refer to smoking marijuana, it became a hippie anthem. The authors of the song deny any intentional drug reference (compare Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds). Parodies.
List of dragons - List of dragons For a list of people with the dragon zodiac sign, see Dragon (Zodiac). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Dragons in Legends and Mythology 2 Dragons in Literature 3 Dragons in Radio 4 Dragons in Television 5 Dragons in Film 6 Dragons in Comics and Puppetry 7 Dragons in Songs 8 Dragons in Video Games 9 Related Topics Dragons in Legends and Mythology Apalala, a mythical river dragon who was converted to Buddhism Fafnir, transformed dragon (Norse mythology) the unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George the unnamed dragon (referred to by the Saxon dracan and wyrm) defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. the Tarasque, tamed by Saint Martha. An unnamed, five-headed dragon subdued by the Buddhist goddess Benzaiten As a child the prophet.
Klagenfurt - its outskirt. In summer time the city is home to the festival of Altstadtzauber (The Magic of the Old City). The Old City with its centre "Alter Platz" is also worth seeing. Notable landmarks include the Wörthersee lake, the warmest European Alpine lake and the Lindwurm Brunnen, a dragon fountain. Also located here are the University of Klagenfurt and Klagenfurt airport. Among other Austrian educational institutions there is also the Slovenian nonclassical gymnasium. Famous residents include Jožef Stefan and Robert Musil..
Japanese New Year - (kurikinton) and black beans (kuromame). Many of the dishes are sweet and raw fishes are often eaten as well. The table for New Years Day is one of the joys for many Japanese. New Years Day Postcard Japanese have a custom of sending New Years Day postcards (nengajō) to their friends and relatives. It is similar to the European custom of sending Christmas cards. Instead of sending Christmas cards, Japanese people send these postcards and post them so that they arrive on the 1st of January. The end of December and the beginning of January are the most busiest times for the post office. It is customary not to send postcards when you have had sorrowful tidings during the year. In this case, you are expected to send a simple postcard.
Jinyong - (mostly in wuxia style), most of which first appeared on his newspaper. His style, which contains some European elements, is widely derivated from the classic style. His Chinese martial arts novels have earned great popularity in Chinese-speaking areas. Every single of his novels has been rewritten into films, episodes on TV and radio. Characters in his novels are well-known to the public. Jinology (金庸學) is used to term the study of his works. Cha rewrote the Chinese wuxia genre by adding history and popular culture to a previously formulaic genre. His novels are marked by strong characterizations and plot, and are classified as the "new school (xīnpài) wuxia", as opposed to the fanciful "old school" (jiùpài). Some of his novels used to be banned in the People's Republic of China as.
Icon - icons of Jesus, Peter and Paul that were of some age, as well as seeing a bronze statue of Jesus outside the house of the woman who was healed of a twelve year hemhorage; the woman is mentioned in the Gospels, though the statue is not. There are also simple paintings of Jesus as well as depictions of Old Testament scenes found in early Christian catacombs, where Christians were not only buried but also lived in to hide from their Roman persecutors. Luke the Evangelist is also credited with painting at least three icons of the Virgin Mary, at least one of which is believed to be still extant. Iconography flourished during the Byzantine Empire beginning in the fifth or sixth century. It developed further in Russia following Russia's conversion to.
Hokusai - works were important sources of inspiration for many European impressionists like Claude Monet. Biography Hokusai was born was born in Edo in the 9th month of the 10th year of the period Horeki (October-November, 1760) to an artisan family. His father, Nakajima Issai, was a mirror-maker. At age eighteen, after some practice as a wood-engraver, he entered the studio of Katsugawa Shunsho, a painter and designer of color prints. His disregard for the artistic principles of his master caused his expulsion in 1785. Although from time to time Hokusai studied various styles, he maintained stylistic independence thereafter. For a time he lived in extreme poverty, and, although he must have gained sums for his work which might have secured him comfort, he remained poor, and to the end of his life.
Huns - though not all scholars agree. Korean legend takes the stand that an alliance of northern Altaic tribes under a "Huan" ruler from 7193 BC pre-dated the establishment of China. A group called the European Huns and led by Attila the Hun is considered, with little certainty, to be the western extension of the royal Xiong family centered around Karaganda. Establishment of the first Hun state is one of the first well-documented appearances of the culture of horseback migration in history. These tribespeople achieved superiority over their rivals (most of them highly cultured) by their splendid state of readiness and amazing mobility. According to traditional Hungarian history, the Huns, Sabirs, Magyars, and Avars were all part of the same people. Attila's European Huns, like the eastern Xiong's 'Nu' (奴 i.e. slaves) formed.
Gundam Wing - pilot and rarely speaks more than three lines consecutively. Trowa took the name of another "Trowa Barton", The first Trowa was Dekim Barton's son. The first Trowa was shot dead by the second Trowa as the former was developing the Heavyarms. Trowa is actually Catherine Bloom's long lost brother, who was feared dead in an incident long ago. Quatre Raberba Winner, Arabian of origin, Quatre is the pilot of the Gundam Sandrock. He is a very kind young man who loves animals and is more of a Pacifist. He believes that Earth and the colonies should not be fighting. He has twenty-nine older sisters. All of his brothers and sisters which were test tube babies, because women could not give birth in space when the colonies were first constructed. Quatre was.
Fantasy bestiary - Extraplanar/otherworldly 4 Monsters adapted from outside sources 5 Monsters created especially for role-playing games 6 Undead 7 See also Humans and demihumans Bugbear Drow (dark elf) Dwarf Elf Gnome Goblin Groll Halfling / Hobbit Human Kobold Orc Troll Fey Brownie Dryad Fairy Leprechaun Naiad Nereid Nymph Pixie Satyr Sprite Extraplanar/otherworldly Angel Demon Devil Djinn Efreet Elemental Imp Monsters adapted from outside sources Banshee Behemoth Beholder Basilisk Centaur Cerberus Chimaera Cockatrice Cyclops Doppelgänger Dragon (also, "Wyrm"): European dragon, Chinese dragon Ettin Gargoyle Giant Golem Gorgon (Medusa) Gremlin Griffin Hag Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff Hobgoblin Homunculus Hydra Illithid (Mind flayer) Ki-rin Kraken Lamia Lindworm Leviathan Manticore Merfolk Minotaur Naga Ogre Phoenix Roc Salamander Sea serpent Sphinx Tarasque Unicorn Werewolf (and other lycanthropes) Wyvern Yeti Monsters created especially for role-playing games Gelatinous cube Githyanki Undead.
Fan translation - is considered by many video game players to be a reaction to a disappointing regional decision, or the answer to a Japnaese's company's decision to keep a game exclusive to Japan, but it is also consider a sign of a demand for companies to start translating games into languages that the never bothered to translate into. Another reason for fan translation is that the English release is considered inferior to the Japanese release as to gameplay or script content or if the Japan-only game is an enhanced remake of a game that was released outside Japan or that has an original version that was already fan-translated into English. Some of the Japan-only games that have been translated into English through emulation include Dragon Quest V (SNES), Dragon Quest I & II.
Yoshi (Nintendo character) - Yoshi (Nintendo character) Yoshi is a dragon from some Nintendo video games. He was originally known as Super Dragon Yoshi in Japan. The name is written "Yosshi" in katakana. He is Mario's dino-dragon friend, first appearing in Super Mario World for the Super Famicom in his Japanese release. His North American and European debutes came on the SNES. Yoshi was created by Shigefumi Hino, a graphics designer and the director of Pikmin. The reason why he was created was that shortly after Shigeru Miyamoto finished Super Mario Bros, Nintendo's design staff wanted Mario to ride a dino. That concept was technically impossible until the SNES was developed. Most games containing Yoshi were developed for the Nintendo 64. After that he gained popularity, starring in two more adventure games, Super Mario.
USS Arkansas (BB-33) - Firth of Forth. Arkansas was present at the internment of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth on 21 November 1918. The American battleships were detached from the British Grand Fleet on 1 December. From the Firth of Forth, Arkansas sailed to Portland, England, thence out to sea to meet the transport SS George Washington, with President Wilson on board. Arkansas, along with other American battleships, escorted the President's ship into Brest, France, on 13 December 1918. From that French port, Arkansas sailed to New York City, where she arrived on 26 December to a tumultuous welcome. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels reviewed the assembled battleship fleet from the yacht SS Mayflower. Following an overhaul the Norfolk Navy Yard, Arkansas joined the fleet in Cuban waters for.
Devil - whether any of these specific entities is actually evil. The word devil is derived from the Greek word diabolos ("to slander"), and the term devil can refer to a lesser demon in the hierarchy of Hell. At the same time, the term devil is also derived from the same Indo-European root word for deva, which roughly translates as "angel." The notion of a central supernatural embodiment of evil, as well as the notion of angels, first arose in Western monotheism when Judaism came into contact with the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. Unlike classical monotheism, Zoroastrianism features two gods, one good and one evil, locked in a cosmic struggle where both are more or less evenly matched and the outcome is uncertain. Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord"), also known as Ohrmazd, is the.
