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2024 Year of The (Green) Azure Dragon (Green of the wood trees in Spring and Blue of the sky)
Auspicious ~ Kamala Harris was born in 1964 ~ a Year of the Azure Dragon.
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Review : The Penguin Book of Dragons, Part Two
Concluding look at Penguin's summary of dragon lore, looking at how dragons have been viewed with a weird mixture of remarkable critical-mindedness (such as suggesting their fire was actually just bioluminescence) and rabid lunacy (such as proposing that horny, sperm-spewing dragons in the air are best warded off with fires of bones). Also how the dragon in St George is a rather undeveloped plot device whereas in other stories they're much more integral and symbolic, ranging from a dragon that kills people "by depriving them of wealth" by hoarding all the gold to the truly mythological aspects of dragons almost made of cloud and thunder. They're grand literary beasties indeed.
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#History
#Mythology
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https://decoherency.blogspot.com/2024/06/review-penguin-dragons-2.html
Review : The Penguin Book of Dragons
I continue my mythology binge-reading with this delightful but unfortunately-titled little book. It sounds like an entertaining read for young children but it's actually a collection of translations of dragons stories across the world since the beginning of recorded history. Some are, it must be said, dreadfully dull, while others constitute high myth. In this first part I summarise the mostly-boring warning messages, the anecdotal traveller's tales, and the weird off-the-wall surreal stuff like a giant farting dragon and a monster that shoots flaming poo. Next time I'll look at the more interesting stuff.
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#History
#Mythology
#Fantasy
#Religion
https://decoherency.blogspot.com/2024/05/review-penguin-dragons-1.html
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CHINESE YEAR OF THE AZURE DRAGON
It's element is wood ~ for the green wood of Spring trees. It is also shown as blue, for the blue sky. Green and Blue = Azure.
Oh! I must re-decorate my apartment! I love dragons so much. I'm glad I'll have a year to post some of my favorite Azure Dragons.
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Wong Liu Tsong, known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio.
DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON
1931
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February 10, 2024
Year Of The Azure Dragon
- Located in Trentino Alto Adige, Italy, Margreid an der WeinstraBe
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I love dragons. I celebrate this event with Chinese and Japanese friends in Salt Lake City.
February 10, 2024
Japanese mythology, Chinese mythology, Dragons
CHINESE NEW YEAR ~YEAR OF THE AZURE DRAGON
- Azure Dragons, also known as Qinglong or Blue Dragons, hold a significant place in Chinese mythology and legends and are revered as one of the four celestial creatures, along with the Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise representing the element of wood, the Azure Dragons are associated with the East direction and the Spring season.
