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Region: China
Time Period: 2nd Century BC
References in Literature: None
Sources: Giants, Monsters and Dragons pg 107, Dragons and Dragon Lore

  • Dragon's body and the front of a horse
  • Could fly with wings
  • Was the heavenly messenger of the gods
  • Revealed Yin and Yang and the balance of the cosmos.
  • Heaven and Earth combined into one being
  • Horse's body, dragon scales, wings. Is also mentioned with a hug serpent tale
  • In some pictures, the wings are underdeveloped and feathery, in others, the wings are fully developed
  • There is an account from 741 AD, cited by Visser
  • Can walk on water

"If a holy man is on the throne it comes out of the midst of the Ming River carrying a map on its back." (Source: Dragons and Dragon Lore)

Emperor Muh drove a carriage with 8 winged dragon-horses.

The use of a horse dragon, and it's development, may come in part from the Chinese people's history with horses. The horses would then slowly take on dragon characteristics.

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