eastern dragon

A dragon with the serpent-like features seen in East Asian mythology.

Common features of a Chinese/Eastern dragon:

• Long lean body.
• Four comparatively short legs.
• Two long "whiskers"/barbels.
• Two horns reminiscent of antlers.
• Tail with a tuft of hair/fur at its tip.
• Winglessness, flight through floatation rather than flapping.

Examples

With western dragon

Eastern dragon (top), western dragon (bottom)

Eastern dragon (left), western dragon (right)

See also

• Western dragon
• Seiryuu, azure dragon of the east, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.

The following tags are aliased to this tag: chinese_dragon (learn more).

This tag implicates dragon (learn more).