right|thumb|Jiao illustration from the 1725 Gujin Tushu Jicheng Jiaolong () or jiao (chiao, kiao) is a serpent like creatures in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling. It may have referred to a species of crocodile.
right|thumb|Jiao illustration from the 1725 Gujin Tushu Jicheng Jiaolong () or jiao (chiao, kiao) is a serpent like creatures in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling. It may have referred to a species of crocodile.
A number of scholars point to non- southern origins for the legendary creature and ancient texts chronicle that the Yue people once tattooed their bodies to ward against these monsters.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).