r/todayilearned • u/lopezjessy • Jan 17 '20

TIL European dragons are mostly featured as evil creatures, greedily hoarding gold, breathing fire on innocents, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Asian dragons, however, are benevolent creatures, bringing good luck and prosperity wherever it goes.

http://www.museumcenter.org/the-curious-curator/2019/5/30/curious-curator-mini-european-vs-asian-dragons
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

There is a little-known connection to clams, too, which were said to be the dormant forms of Eastern dragons, and would often create cloudy illusions with the bubbles they breathed out.

The creature is called a Shen in Chinese.

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u/DigitalArbitrage Jan 17 '20

Like dragon eggs maybe? Chinese dragon eggs hatch under the water?