Jiaolong or jiao is a dragon in Chinese mythology, commonly defined as scaly dragon. According to some scholars, it has no horns and is said to live in water or rivers. It may refer to a species of crocodile or water beasts (including fish and snakes and other aquatic species) with dragon bloodline evolved into a real dragon as long as they survived disasters. They are all powerful. the power of dragon.
Some of Jiao's descriptions are as follows:
Jiao is a dragon that resembles a four-legged snake. Jiao has a small head and a narrow neck with a white goiter and it is an egg-laying animal that can swallow a whole person.
The Jiao measures 10 feet or more in length. Snake-like in appearance, but it has four feet. The shape broad and shield-like, it is small-headed and thin-necked. On the neck there are white tassels. Its chest is sienna brown and its back flecked with blue-green spots. Its flanks resemble brocade-work. On its tail there are fleshy rings. The largest attain several arms' spans around.
A later text described Jiao looks like a snake with a tiger head, is several fathoms long, lives in brooks and rivers, and bellows like a bull; when it sees a human being it traps him with its stinking saliva, then pulls him into the water and sucks his blood from his armpits
Several texts allude to the Jiao being the lord of aquatic beings. The Jiaolong is called the god of the water animals. The Shuowen jieji dictionary states that if the number of fish in a pond reaches 3600, a Jiao will come as their leader, and enable them to follow him and fly away. However, if you place a fish trap in the water, the Jiao will leave.
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