Dragon

In Persian mythology, Kundrav, also called Gandareva, is a colossal dragon-like sea demon so vast that his upper body reached the sky while his lower body rested in the ocean.

In Sumerian mythology, Kur is a primordial dragon-like being and the name of the underworld itself, cast as the chaos serpent that Enki or Ninurta must subdue.

In Greek mythology, Ladon is the serpentine dragon that coils around or through the tree of golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides, guarding the fruit against all who would take it.

The Loathly Worm is the wingless, two-legged dragon of British border legend — most famously a bespelled princess at Spindleston Heugh, restored by her brother's three kisses.

From Chinese myths, Long Ma is a dragon-horse with scales and fiery manes.

Lotan is the seven-headed sea dragon of Canaanite myth, chaos's champion beside Yam and Mot against Baal, and the ancestor of the biblical Leviathan.

She is typically described as a beautiful woman who is transformed, or reveals herself to be, a serpent or dragon from the waist down every Saturday, and in some tellings she additionally bears wings and a fish-like tail associated with her legendary role as ancestress of the Lusignan line.

In Native Hawaiian tradition, mo'o are giant lizard- or dragon-like water-guardian spirits associated with fishponds, springs, and streams, often taking the form of a beautiful woman when they interact with humans.

Originating from Babylonian mythology, the Mushusshu is a dragon-like creature adorned with scales and a long, serpentine body.

In Gambian and Senegalese Mandinka folklore, the Ninki Nanka is a dragon-like river-monster and guardian of sacred waters, said to bring death or madness to anyone who glimpses it.

O Goncho is the white dragon of a Japanese pond that rises once in fifty years as a golden bird, its cry heard as a warning of famine and disease to come.

The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol, depicted as a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.

Originating from French folklore, the Peluda is a dragon-like creature, covered in poisonous quills.

The Piasa is a Native American myth from the Illinois River region, depicted as a winged, dragon-like creature.

Greek myth gives Pytho as the serpent or dragon that guarded the sanctuary at Delphi before Apollo claimed the site for his own oracle, born of the earth goddess Gaia and dwelling in the chasm or spring at the foot of Mount Parnassus.

Ryujin is Japan's Dragon King of the sea, ruler of an undersea jeweled palace who commands the tides, raises storms against those who offend him, and is honored as an ancestor of the imperial line.

The stihi is a female fire-breathing dragon of Albanian tradition, carried to southern Italy by the Arberesh, that jealously guards a hoard of treasure.

Originating from French folklore, the Tarasque is a dragon-like creature, subdued by Saint Martha, depicted as fearsome yet tamed.

From ancient Mesopotamian myths, this dragon-like goddess embodies primordial creation's chaos.

The Warak ngendog is a creature from Javanese folklore, depicted as a hybrid between a dragon and a peacock with a colorful and ornate appearance.

A heraldic dragon of medieval European tradition, distinguished from the four-legged dragon by its two legs, a pair of wings, and a barbed, often knotted, serpentine tail.

In Welsh mythology, Y Ddraig Goch is the red dragon that battles a white invader dragon beneath Dinas Emrys, its buried struggle later interpreted by the boy-prophet Myrddin (Merlin) as an omen of the Britons' eventual victory over the Saxons.

Stemming from East Asian mythology, the Kirin appears as a chimeric creature, often resembling a deer with dragon-like features.

Chinese legends portray this chimerical being with a dragon's head, deer's body, and hooves.