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Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan (namely the Japanese dragon), Korea and other East Asian countries.〔Ingersoll,Ernest, et al., (2013). ''The Illustrated Book of Dragons and Dragon Lore''. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN B00D959PJ0〕
The two traditions may have evolved separately, but have influenced each other to a certain extent, particularly with the cross-cultural contact of recent centuries. The English word ''dragon'' derives from Greek δράκων (''drákōn''), "dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake".〔(Δράκων ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', at Perseus project〕
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The word ''dragon'' entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French ''dragon'', which in turn comes from Latin ''draconem'' (nominative ''draco'') meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from the Greek word δράκων, ''drakon'' (genitive ''drakontos'', δράκοντος) "serpent, giant seafish". The Greek and Latin term referred to any great serpent, not necessarily mythological, and this usage was also current in English up to the 18th century.
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