Balaur
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A balaur in Romanian folklore is a type of many-headed dragon or monstrous serpent, sometimes said to be equipped with wings. The number of heads is usually around three, but they can also have seven
A dragon sculpture in Romania.
Slavic dragon
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A Slavic dragon is any dragon in Slavic mythology, including the Polish żmij, Russian zmei, Ukrainian zmiy, and its counterparts in other Slavic cultures. The physiognomy resembles a combination of th
Balaur
…from any spot in order to cause rain. There is also lore about the balaur which is said to be quite similar to the Bulgarian Banat lore about the lamia (locally called lam'a), which states that the lam'a draw water from the sea to fill the cloud. Although the dragons ridden by the Solomonari are often…
Mikhail Zlatkovsky. Caricature of the revival of paganism in Russia. 1977
Dobrynya Nikitich rescues Princess Zabava from Zmey Gorynych, by Ivan Bilibin
Serbian tale "A Pavilion Neither in the Sky nor on the Earth". —Painting by William Sewell