A Slavic dragon is any dragon in Slavic mythology, including the Russian zmei, Ukrainian zmiy, and its counterparts in other Slavic cultures: the Bulgarian zmey, the Slovak drak and šarkan, Czech drak, Polish żmij, the Serbo-Croatian zmaj, the Macedonian zmej (змеј) and the Slovene zmaj. The Romanian zmeu could also be deemed a "Slavic" dragon, but a non-cognate etymology has been proposed.
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
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping
cultures of Europe.
Illustration of a winged dragon by Friedrich Justin Bertuch, 1806.
Mosaic of the third century BC from Kaulonia, southern Italy.
Celtic sword heath showing dragon 50 AD
Dragonesque brooch, AD 75 – 175