Loong [龙 or 龍], aka Chinese "Dragons"

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Area(s) Reported: Asia: China
Date(s) Reported: Timeless

The Loong of China, often mistakenly described as 'dragons', are powerful water spirits that inhabit all bodies of water. In fact, the Emperor's symbol is a yellow Loong, signifying the spirit that inhabits the vast Yellow River... and anyone else wearing a yellow Loong can be executed!

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Sources

  • A Fantastic Bestiary: Beasts and Monsters in Myth and Folklore, by Ernst and Johanna Lehner, 1969 Tudor Publishing Company, New York, USA.
  • The dragon, image, and demon or The three religions of China, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, by Hampden C. DuBose, 1887 A.C. Armstrong & Son.
  • The Dragon in China and Japan, by M.W. De Visser, 2008 Cosimo, Inc. (reprint of the 1913 book). ISBN: 1605204102, 9781605204109
  • Mythical Monsters: Fact or Fiction?, by Charles Gould, 1992 Studio Editions Ltd., reprint 1886 edition. ISBN: 1-85170-944-4. Pgs. 212-247. Online: Click here.
  • Social life of the Chinese, by Rev. Justus Doolittle, 1876 Harpers. Pg. 217. Online: Click here.
  • “Yingkou City real dragon events 1934,” article in the XUITE website, 2010. Online [Chinese]: Click here.
  • “Yingkou mysterious ‘heaven dragon’ event occurred in 1934,” article in the QIQU website, 2010. Online [Chinese]: Click here.

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