Every Dragon in Asian Mythology Explained in 20 Minutes
Legendary Lay
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Every Dragon in Asian Mythology Explained in 20 Minutes
The Long is the dragon that every other Asian dragon is secretly measured against, and it earned that status over thousands of years of Chinese civilization. Serpentine, four-legged, and completely without wings, it flies anyway through sheer spiritual force, and nobody in ancient China questioned this for even a second. Its body is a composite of nine animals: camel's head, deer antlers, rabbit eyes, cow ears, snake neck, clam belly, carp scales, eagle talons, and tiger paws, assembled by the universe into something that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
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When I can't see the moon I sometimes think of bakunawa
Yeah... I'm not good at puns lol
Every Dragon in Asian Mythology Explained in 20 Minutes
Legendary Lay
110,359 views
Every Dragon in Asian Mythology Explained in 20 Minutes
The Long is the dragon that every other Asian dragon is secretly measured against, and it earned that status over thousands of years of Chinese civilization. Serpentine, four-legged, and completely without wings, it flies anyway through sheer spiritual force, and nobody in ancient China questioned this for even a second. Its body is a composite of nine animals: camel's head, deer antlers, rabbit eyes, cow ears, snake neck, clam belly, carp scales, eagle talons, and tiger paws, assembled by the universe into something that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Asian dragons: “I control rain, rivers, wisdom, cosmic balance, and occasionally ruin your harvest because you disrespected a fish spirit 400 years ago.”
This video made me realize Asian mythology dragons aren’t monsters… they’re basically ancient supernatural government officials.