Dragons of Mythology

 Lung- (China)Eastern Dragons



Amphiptere (America, North Africa, Europe)dragon known for protecting frankincense
		 producing trees.


Piasa (North America) the Algonquin indians worshipped a dragon with the face of a man and 
	a tail that was twice a mans height.


O-Gon-Cho (Japan)  A white dragon that lived in a deep pond at Yamashiro.  
	Every 50 years it rises and flies as a golden feathered bird. Its howl warned of	
	 impending disaster.


Ethiopian Dream (Africa)  it had four wings and clawed feet, it was big enough to kill 
	elephants. It also ate poisoned plants to make its bite more deadly.


Tarasque (France)  half fish, half animal, it lived in a forest near the Rhone river. 
	It sank boats and devoured the passengers.


Amphisbaena (Africa)  a dragon with a head at both ends, so it could travel in either 
	direction.


Jormungandr (Norwegian)  A dragon so long it sleeps with its tail in its mouth, 
	its body encircling the world.  At the end of the world it will wake up and be
	 killed by Thor signaling Ragnarok.


Tiamat (Mesopotamia/Babylon)She was a huge dragon representing Chaos. From her union with 
	Apsu, the first gods were created.  Their descendents began to irritate them, so Tiamat 
	and Apsu decided to kill them. Ea discovered the plan and killed Apsu.  Tiamat grew 
	angry and created an army of monsters.  She was eventually killed by Marduk. He cut her
	in half, made her top half the sky and her lower half the earth, and from her tears, he
	created the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. (Babylonian creation myth)


Apep (Egypt)Egyptian chaos demon. Every night he attacked Ra, the sun god on his nightly 
	travels.  Every night he was slain, but could not be killed.  The Egyptians performed
	rituals to aid Ra in his nightly travels.


Typhon (Greece)The youngest son of Gaia and Tartarus, he was described as a monster with
	a hundred dragon heads.  He was defeated by Zeus and imprisoned under Mount Etna. 
	He is thought to be the cause of her eruptions.