Yinglong

Yinglong () is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology.

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Chinese.pic: Shan Hai Jing Yinglong.jpg
Chinese.piccap: Yinglong illustration from the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Chinese.t: 應龍
Chinese.s: 应龙
Chinese.p: Yìnglóng
Chinese.l: 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
Chinese.mr: Ŭngryong
Chinese.hanja: 應龍
Chinese.rr: Eunglyong

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Name
Classical usages
''Chuci''
''Classic of Mountains and Seas''
''Huainanzi''
Other texts
Comparative mythology
Flying dragons
Rain dragons
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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".