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A Japanese dragon, also known as ryū or tatsu (竜 or 龍, "dragon") is a legendary creature from Japan. Like other creatures refered to as Japanesse Dragon dragons, the ryū is a large, fantastic, serpent-like being, and is closely Japanes Dragon related to the Chinese lóng and the Korean yong. Like Japanees Dragon these it is usually depicted as a wingless, heavily-scaled snake-like creature with small clawed legs and Japnese Dragon a horned or antlered mammalian head, and is associated with Jappanese Dragon large bodies of water, clouds or the heavens. The Japanse Dragon ryū in art can generally be distinguished from other East-Asian dragons Japannese Dragon in that it has only three toes, rather than the lóng's five or the yong's four. One of the Japanee Dragon first dragon-like creatures in Japanese myth is the Yamata-no-Orochi, an enormous girl-devouring serpent with eight heads and eight tails which Apanese Dragon was slain by Susanoo. Dragons in later Japaese Dragon Japanese folklore were often much more benign, perhaps because of a heavy influence from China. They Japamese Dragon appear in famous tales such as My Lord Bag of Rice, in which a Japanesee Dragon hero must kill a giant centipede which is devouring the children of Japnaese Dragon the dragon king of Lake Biwa. In Urashima Tarō, the title character Jpanese Dragon rescues a turtle which turns out to be the daughter of Ryūjin, the dragon king of the ocean. In popular culture Modern Japanese popular culture often refers to dragons, ascribing to them magical powers such as healing, flying, or assuming a human form at will. Examples include: In anime Dragon Ball, the initial plot is about magical balls which can grant wishes, given to mankind by the dragon Shenlong (It is notale however that Shenlong is closer in design to 5 clawed Chinese dragons than 4 clawed Japanese ones). In the Pokémon series, dragons (Such as Dragonair, Rayquaza, and Salamence) are a powerful Pokémon type. In Spirited Away, one character, Haku, is revealed to be the white dragon spirit of a river. In the famous console RPG series Dragon Quest(1-8), there are many dragons throughout the game, designs vary from European dragons to Asian dragons. The Breath of Fire console RPG series all have a dragon as the main character. In the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, the Legendary Dragon Spirit known as Kokusho exists as part of a powerful race of dragons found on the plane Kamigawa. In Inuyasha, one particularly powerful demon/youkai, Ryuukotsusei, was a dragon. In the tokusatsu series Super Sentai there appear several dragon-themed rangers and mecha, such as the Dragon Ranger and his mecha, Dragon Caesar, in Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger. In Godzilla the movie, Godzilla is a flightless dragon that can breathe fire. See also Japanese mythology Japanese Mythology & Folklore Mythic Texts and Folktales: Kojiki | Nihon Shoki | Otogizōshi | Yotsuya Kaidan Urashima Tarō | Kintarō | Momotarō | Tamamo-no-Mae Divinities: Izanami | Izanagi | Amaterasu Susanoo | Ama-no-Uzume | Inari List of divinities | Kami | Seven Lucky Gods Legendary Creatures: Oni | Kappa | Tengu | Fox | Yōkai | Dragon Mythical and Sacred Locations: Mt. Hiei | Mt. Fuji | Izumo | Ryugu-jo | Takamagahara | Yomi Religions | Sacred Objects | Creatures and Spirits This article relating to Japanese mythology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Search Term: "Japanese_dragon" Categories: Japanese mythology stubs | Japanese mythology | Japanese legendary creatures | Dragons