dragon

Summary

dragon is a mythical animal^[1]. dragon ranks in the top 5% of mythical_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,775 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• dragon's instance of is recorded as mythical animal^[3].
• dragon is a type of mythical creature^[4].
• dragon is a type of mythical animal^[5].
• dragon's Commons category is recorded as Dragons^[6].
• dragon's Unicode character is recorded as 🐉^[7].
• dragon's Unicode character is recorded as 🐲^[8].
• dragon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dragons^[9].
• dragon's Commons gallery is recorded as Dragon^[10].
• dragon's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42902135^[11].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[12].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[13].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[15].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.^[18].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[20].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[21].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• dragon's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[23].
• dragon's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dragons^[24].
• dragon's has characteristic is recorded as fire breathing^[25].
• dragon's different from is recorded as fictional dragon^[26].
• dragon's different from is recorded as Dragon^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

dragon's instance of is recorded as mythical animal^[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for dragon include Dungeons & Dragons^[28], a tabletop role-playing game^[29], written by Gary Gygax^[30]; Four Asian Tigers^[31], a geopolitical group^[32]; dragoon^[33]; Chunichi Dragons^[34], a baseball team^[35], in Japan^[36], founded in 1936^[37], headquartered in Aichi Prefecture^[38]; here be dragons^[39], a Latin phrase^[40]; Bel and the Dragon^[41], a chapter of the Bible^[42]; dragon curve^[43]; and Dragon Bridge^[44], an arch bridge^[45], in Slovenia^[46].

Why It Matters

dragon ranks in the top 5% of mythical_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,775 views/month).^[2] dragon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] dragon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for dragon include Dungeons & Dragons^[28], a tabletop role-playing game^[29], written by Gary Gygax^[30]; Four Asian Tigers^[31], a geopolitical group^[32]; dragoon^[33]; Chunichi Dragons^[34], a baseball team^[35], in Japan^[36], founded in 1936^[37], headquartered in Aichi Prefecture^[38]; here be dragons^[39], a Latin phrase^[40]; and Bel and the Dragon^[41], a chapter of the Bible^[42].