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A balaur is a creature in Romanian folklore, similar to a European dragon. A ''balaur'' is quite large, has fins, feet, and is polycephalous (it usually has three, sometimes seven, or even twelve serpent heads). As a traditional character which is found in most Romanian fairy tales, it represents Evil and must be defeated by Făt-Frumos in order to release the princess. It is also believed, in Wallachia that the saliva of a balaur can form precious stones. The term ''Balaur'' (Macedo-Romanian ''bul'ar'') is of unknown etymology. It has been linked with Albanian ''boljë'' ("snake") ''buljar'' ("water snake"), all terms possibly stemming from the same Thracian root, '' *bell-'' or '' *ber-'' "beast, monster", the traces of which can also be found in the name of the Greek mythological hero Bellerophon ("the beast killer"). The Transylvanian Saxon ''balaur'' "dragon", and ''balaura'', an insult term in Serbia, are borrowed from Romanian.〔''(Balaur )'', in Alexandru Ciorănescu, ''Dicționarul etimologic român'', Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, 1958-1966.〕 The Serbo-Croatian ''blavor''/''blaor''/''blavur'' ("European legless lizard") is cognate with ''balaur'', and it is regarded as one of few pre-Slavic Balkan relict words in Serbo-Croatian.〔 ==Popular culture== * In the MMORPG ''Aion'', the Dragons that once ruled the world and are the enemy are called the Balaur. * In the MMORPG ''Star Trek Online'' the largest class of Gorn warship is the Balaur Dreadnought.〔("Balaur Dreadnought" at STOWiki.org )〕 Retrieved 2011-06-19. * In ''Ace Combat: Joint Assault'', there is a gigantic railgun weapon named the Balaur. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balaur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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