Far East
In Asia, the concept of dragon appears largely in a form of a Long, a beneficent dragon-like creature from Chinese folklore. Another dragon-like creature which appears in the form of Naga, which is prevalent in some Southeast Asian countries with more direct influence from Vedic religion, will be described largely in the article Naga.
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Famous quotes containing the word east:
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Cheers the tar’s labour or the Turkman’s rest.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)