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A species of dragon similar to Drake but its distinguishing feature is having many heads. Every time a head is cut off, two more will grow back. Hydra species usually live in aquatic environments. According to Greek mythology, Hydra is a dragon with 7 or 9 heads, the child of Echidna and Typhon. When you cut off its head, two new heads grow from the cut. One of Hercules' 12 feats was to slay this dragon. Greek literature and poetry have mentioned the Hydra monster many times with versions, but it is best known as the monster that was slain by the hero Hercules. This Hydra monster is known as the "Hydra of Lerna" because it lives in a swamp in the Lernaean region of Greece. According to legend, defeating the Hydra is impossible because cutting off one of its heads means that two more will grow in its place. To defeat this Hydra monster, the hero Hercules devised a way to burn the wounds of the heads that had just been cut off with fire so that new heads could not grow. Jus...

This dragon has 4 limbs and they look like a lizard, but their size is much larger, their legs are also longer and especially they can stand upright on 4 legs. The word drake is sometimes used synonymous to dragon, but it could also mean a specific kind of dragon. There are different opinions on what a drake is: Any kind of wingless, four-legged dragon A small or young dragon, those are also called dragonlings, wyrmlings or dragonet These classifications stem from modern fantasy and are not found in classical mythology. Sometimes they are a mixture of fantasy and myth. According to some point of view, there are two kinds of drakes, fire-drakes and cold-drakes. Fire drakes have a fire breath and fiery colors like red or orange. Cold drakes however breathe frost breath and are white or light blue. This classification is most likely based on Tolkiens works, where fire drakes and cold drakes are a way to classify if a dragon could breathe fire or not. Cold drakes simply couldn't breath...

Salamaner is a creature deified as a dragon that has a body like a giant snake but has many legs and moves extremely fast. Salamaner breathes out and has the ability to breathe fire, accompanied by large fangs and bright, wide eyes. The salamander is as with many real creatures, often has been ascribed fantastic and sometimes occult qualities by pre-modern authors (as in the allegorical descriptions of animals in medieval bestiaries) not possessed by the real organism. The legendary salamander is often depicted as a typical salamander in shape, with a lizard-like form, but is usually ascribed an affinity with fire, sometimes specifically elemental fire. Salamanders have been said to be able to both create and put out flames, and in some cases are borne of fire themselves and are considered Fire Spirits. However, in other stories they are merely fire resistant. In fairy legend salamanders are credited with having taught the first humans how to make fire. There are versions of their orig...

The dragons of ancient Greece were like huge serpents several millennia older than dragons. They had no wings or legs.  The English word dragon comes from the Greek word “drakon.” This word originally meant huge serpent. Ancient Greek dragons lived in caves near water. They often guarded springs, shrines and treasures. They had excellent eyesight and often slept with their eyes open. They could grow up to forty metres in length and their body contained poisonous black gore. They had a golden crest on top of their head that flashed light and a triple-forked tongue that absorbed nutrients to make venom. They would kill their victims by injecting venom into them with their fangs, or by squeezing them to death. They also made a blood-chilling hissing sound. They were first mentioned in The Sea of Monsters and are later seen in The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian, The Demigod Diaries and The House of Hades. One drakon mentioned in the myths was of Sosipolis, a son of Eileithy...

Wyrms were an ancient race of dragons, said to be capable of destroying cities and armies on their own strenght. According to Eastern culture, they are often represented as Gods or Kings, have protective and religious properties, so they are very revered. Wyrm belongs to the type of earth dragon. Wyrm is described as having the body shape of a long and extremely large snake (probably the body of a giant python), the head is like a dragon's head, often seen with horns, legs, scales, and claws of dragons. However, there is still a certainty and unity among cultures that Wyrm can still fly, even though it has no wings. Wyrm can spray poison and sometimes fire. They live mainly in burrows near marshes, or in moist places. They swim quite well, but infrequently. Wyrm also doesn't have the ability to speak or the wisdom of Dragons Wyrm's direct ancestors were most likely the giant Greek drakons. Perhaps over time, moving places and deep in the continent caused the Wyrm to be form...

An Amphiptere (also called Amphithere, Amphitere, or Phipthere; meaning bi-winged, two-winged) is a type of winged serpent found in European heraldry. There are three species of amphiptere, (Draco americanus tex, Draco americanus mex, Draco americanus incognito) living in the Americas. This is a species of dragon that is a cross between a snake and a bird, where they have a snake body from head to tail and have wings. Amphipteres generally were said to have light-colored feathers like a sunrise, a serpentine body similar to a snake, bat-like wings with feathers covering most of the forearm and often greenish in coloration, and a long tail much like a wyvern's . Others are described as entirely covered in feathers with a spiked tail, bird-like wings, and a beak-like snout that looks like an extra claw. Even more uncommon is the description of one with legs. However, they only have front legs and never hind legs. 📚  Explore more of the Mystical Creatures series here :  Dive int...

Enenra (en'enra, lit. "lightweight-fabric smoke"), sometimes enraenra  is a yōkai, or Japanese monster, composed of smoke and darkness.  Enenras mostly reside in bonfires; when they emerge, they take human shape or form. It is said that an enenra can only be seen by the pure of heart. Enenras are mostly considered to be demons or divine beings of darkness and smoke; legend says that there are two types of enenras, the first and most common type being enenras who are born purely as enenras, whilst the second and more rarely occurring type are humans who have died and been transformed into enenras. 📚  Explore more of the Mystical Creatures series here :  Dive into the Enchanted Realms of Mythology