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1. Oriental dragon

Dragons in oriental culture are creatures which have long snake-like bodies covered by hard carp-like scales. They have big head which looked like camels' heads. They have deer-like horns on their forehead, four (maybe have more than four) eagle-like legs but having five strong toes on each of leg. End of toes are sharp claws. They have lion-like noses, long fur tail at the end, and lion-like mane around their neck. They don't have wings but they can fly and move easily in water.
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In pass, they were considered as creatures which controled some natural phenomena, rain (water), wind, thunder, clouder... However, dragons which could control water were mentioned most. They were considered as gods ruling seas and rivers. Because, the lives of ancients associated with agriculture so water-dragons were gods of them. They worshiped and respected them.
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Almost dragons can transform. They can turned small or big, can transform into human or other animal, can appear and disappear. Sometime, they met people's wishes.
They can hear and speak languages, including human language.
Dragons are spawn creature. The only lay an egg after great many years. Egg shell are considered as the most precious on the world, more colorful,  glittering and beautiful than the most beautiful gems. Broken shell pieces still have great value after that. Dragons don't hatch so their eggs are always hid in dangerous places, are guarded by other creatures or buried under ground deeply. Baby dragons will break out after years, decades or mabe centeries. All baby dragons had great strength and gigantic bodies. They are stronger than every creatures on the world. They also own ability controling nature. Of course they are smart and may be more knowledge than human if they live after many years.
Dragons are considered as the strongest and longest creatures in the world. They are considered as immortal creature. Their blood gives people who receive it tremendous strength, muscle bodies and long lives. Because of that, in pass, many journeys had happened. The arrogant people who didn't know where their position on the world seeked and hunted dragons, the divine creatures. Blood and flesh of dragons gave them power while their scales, teeth, claws could be used as materials to make weapon. They were considered as wonderful and rare materials. The hardest and sharpenest things were made of them.
Dragons like to live in vast, quiet and clean places. They live in other places, deeply in ancient forest, on top of high mountains, on bottom of seas or hiding themselves in clouds but all of them are apart from people's places.
Though no one could prove it's real, some ancient people believed that they had ever seen real dragon. They believed that drangon brought prosperity to places they appeared.
Whatever, dragons are woderful creatures. They symbolized power, intelligence and authority of kings.
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