Yinglong
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Key facts
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- Shan Hai Jing Yinglong.jpg
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- Yinglong illustration from the Classic of Mountains and Seas
- Chinese.t
- 應龍
- Chinese.s
- 应龙
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- Yìnglóng
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- Responsive dragon
- Chinese.kanji
- 応竜応龍應竜應龍
- Chinese.hiragana
- おうりゅう
- Chinese.romaji
- Ōryū
- Chinese.hangul
- 응룡
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- Ŭngryong
- Chinese.hanja
- 應龍
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- Eunglyong
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Name
- Classical usages
- ''Chuci''
- ''Classic of Mountains and Seas''
- ''Huainanzi''
- Other texts
- Comparative mythology
- Flying dragons
- Rain dragons
- References
- External links
Yinglong () is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology.
==Name== This legendary creature's name combines yìng "respond; correspond; answer; reply; agree; comply; consent; promise; adapt; apply" and lóng "Chinese dragon". Although the former character is also pronounced (with a different tone) yīng "should; ought to; need to; proper; suitable", yinglong definitively means "responsive dragon; responding dragon" and not "proper dragon".
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