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Dragon (other)
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits. Dragon may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters and fictional entities * Chinese dragon * Dave Dragon, character played by Hulk Hogan in the 1998 American martial arts movie ''3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain'' * Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons), Dragon (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a monstrous creature * Dragon (Middle-earth), a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books * Dragon (Shrek), Dragon (''Shrek''), a character in ''Shrek'' * The Dragon, a title for the world's champion against the forces of darkness in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series * Dragon, a member of Gen13 * Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title ''Savage Dragon'' * Dragons (Dragon Prince), Dragons (''Dragon Prince''), mythical beasts * Dragons (Pern), by Anne McCaffrey * The Dragon (Beowulf), The Dragon (''Beowulf'') * Richard Dragon, a DC Comics character * Dragon Shiryū, a ''Saint Seiya'' cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon
A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Chinese dragon, Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, Snake, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of Reptile, reptilian, mammalian, and Bird, avian features. Etymology The word ''dragon'' entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French , which, in turn, comes from Latin (genitive ), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from , (genitive , ) "serpent". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (2011 Film)
''Dragon'' () is a 2011 martial arts film directed by Peter Chan, and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, Yen also served as the film's action director. It premiered on 13 May 2011 at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings category. Donnie Yen and Peter Chan presided over the lighting of a 3591-square-metre billboard for ''Dragon'' that broke the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for its size, a record previously held by a poster for a Michael Jackson album. Plot In 1917 Republican China, Liu Jinxi and his wife Yu are an ordinary couple with two sons, Fangzheng and Xiaotian, living together in Liu Village, Yunnan. One day, two bandits enter the village and attempt to rob the general store. Liu happens to be in the shop, and he fights and kills the robbers when they turn violent. During an autopsy, the detective Xu Baijiu, who is sent to investigate the case, discovers that one of the dead bandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (poem)
''Dragon'' (Дракон) is a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in the spring and summer of 1875 and first published in ''Vestnik Evropy'' October (#10) 1875 issue (pp. 581-605).А.К. Толстой. Собрание сочинений в 4-х томах. Т 1. Стихотворения и поэмы. Москва. Художественная литература. 1964. Комментарии. Стр.775-776. The poem (consisting of 193 three-liners) was subtitled "A 12th-century tale. From the Italian" and dedicated to Yakov Polonsky. In July 1875 Tolstoy met Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poe ... and Mikhail Stasyulevich in Karlsbad and read them the poem. According to the latter, all three discussed whether it was advisable to refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (Kalapugama Short Story)
Makara () is a short story written in Sinhala by Sri Lankan writer Anandasiri Kalapugama. In 1975, this short story won the first prize of island-wide Novice Short Story Writing Competition conducted by Sri Lanka Board of Cultural Affairs under the Department of Cultural Affairs in the Government of Sri Lanka. It was published in 1975 special edition of “Art News” () issued in line with 1975 Annual Literature Ceremony held in Galle and the winners were awarded by then President of Republic of Sri Lanka, Late Hon. William Gopallawa. Background The story has been written few years after Sri Lankan young revolutionaries’ 1971 Uprising, a failed attempt to topple then regime. Therefore socialism has been the theme of the story. Plot There are three characters – a farmer, his wife, and son. The farmer depends on a wealthy land owner's paddy fields he cultivates. At the end of each season, he gets a share of the harvest but not enough to continue living due to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (fantasy Series)
The ''Dragon'' series is a tetralogy of fantasy novels by American author Laurence Yep. Yep had already written several books including the Newbery Honor novel '' Dragonwings'' by 1980, when, after undertaking careful research, he decided to adapt Chinese mythology into a fantasy form, something he had always wanted to do since he had sold his first science fiction story at 18. He "tried to stay true to the spirit" of these myths, but did not try "to keep their exact details". The "perfect vehicle" he chose was a folktale in which the Monkey King captured a river spirit who had flooded an entire city, which he at first tried to conceive in picture book form. However, he kept questioning the motivations of the river spirit, whom he had renamed Civet. This resulted in the realization, as his outline ballooned exponentially from eight to 800 pages, that he would need a series as opposed to just one book to tell her story. The story then evolved into one in which the Monkey King pursue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (Cussler Novel)
Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books. He often placed himself into his books as himself. His novels have inspired various other works of fiction. Early life Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Eric Edward Cussler and Amy Adeline (née Hunnewell), and grew up in Alhambra, California. His father was from Germany and his mother's ancestors were from England. In his memoir '' The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks'', Cussler revealed that his father served in the Imperial G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (Brust Novel)
''Dragon'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust, the eighth book in Vlad Taltos series, published in 1998 by Tor Books. It is both the second and fourth book of the series in chronological order, largely occurring after '' Taltos'' and before ''Yendi'', with brief interludes taking place shortly after the events of ''Yendi''. Following the trend of the Vlad Taltos books, it is named after one of the Great Houses in Brust's fantasy world of Dragaera and features that House as an important element to its plot. Plot introduction Vlad joins Morrolan's army and fights in a war against a rival Dragonlord. Plot summary The plot cuts between three timelines. The first timeline follows Vlad's actions at the final battle of a war he has joined. The second follows the events that lead up to the battle. The third marks the events after the battle. Each chapter begins in the first timeline, then switches to the second, while several interludes and the epilogue trace the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon By Komodo Chess
Komodo and Dragon by Komodo Chess (also known as Dragon or Komodo Dragon) are Universal Chess Interface, UCI chess engines developed by Komodo Chess, which is a part of Chess.com. The engines were originally authored by Don Dailey and Grandmaster (chess), GM Larry Kaufman. Dragon is a Proprietary software, commercial chess engine, but Komodo is free for non-commercial use. Dragon is consistently ranked near the top of most major chess engine rating lists, along with Stockfish (chess), Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero. History Komodo Komodo was derived from Don Dailey's former engine Doch in January 2010. The first multiprocessor version of Komodo was released in June 2013 as ''Komodo 5.1 MP''. This version was a major rewrite and a port of Komodo to C++11. A single-processor version of Komodo (which won the CCT15 tournament in February earlier that year) was released as a stand-alone product shortly before the 5.1 MP release. This version, named ''Komodo CCT'', was still bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
In chess, the Dragon Variation is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: :1. e4 c5 :2. Nf3 d6 :3. d4 cxd4 :4. Nxd4 Nf6 :5. Nc3 g6 In the Dragon, Black's bishop is fianchettoed on g7, castling on the king's side while aiming the bishop at the center and . In one of the most popular and theoretically important lines, the Yugoslav Variation, White meets Black's setup with Be3, Qd2 and Bh6, exchanging off the Dragon bishop, followed by launching a pawn storm with h4–h5 and g4. To involve the a1-rook in the attack, White usually castles queenside, placing the white king on the semi-open c-file. The result is often both sides attacking the other's king with all available resources. The line is considered one of the of all chess openings. The modern form of the Dragon was originated by German master Louis Paulsen around 1880. It was played frequently by Henry Bird that decade, then received general acceptance around 1900 when playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahjong Tiles
Mahjong tiles () are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play mahjong as well as mahjong solitaire and other games. Although they are most commonly tiles, they may refer to playing cards with similar contents as well. Development The earliest surviving mahjong sets date to the 1870s when the game was largely confined to Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu.Stanwick, Michael, 'Mahjong(g) Before Mahjong(g): Part 1'. In: The Playing-Card, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2004, pp. 153–162. They already exhibited various traits found in modern sets. The core of the set is the 108 suited tiles which were inherited from Chinese money-suited playing cards. The Wind honor tiles and the Four Seasons tiles were also found in the earliest sets. The honor tiles known as Arrows (Dragons in English) developed to their current form by 1890 concurrent with a new style of play called ''Zhōngfā'' (中發). Flower tiles, once known as Outer Flowers (), were not universally accepted until the 1920s. In co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Man Star Force
, , and are 2006 action role-playing games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub-series of the greater '' Mega Man'' franchise—and a direct follow-up to the ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series. It takes place in the years of 220X, in which technology has advanced to the point where the world is now connected through EM waves. The game follows Geo Stelar, an 11-year-old fifth-grader in Echo Ridge who merges with an FM-ian alien named Omega-Xis after mourning the supposed death of his father Kelvin Stelar. The ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series had concluded with the sixth game in 2005, with the developers citing the new DS hardware as their reasoning for its ending. ''Mega Man Star Force'' continues several gameplay and story elements introduced in ''Battle Network'', with battles taking place on a 3-by-5 grid in which Mega Man is limited to moving left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon (2025 Film)
''Dragon'' is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, who co-wrote the story with Pradeep Ranganathan. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep in the titular role, Anupama Parameswaran, Kayadu Lohar, Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, K. S. Ravikumar and George Maryan. In the film, a college dropout deceptively secures a high-paying job, but is forced to accept a major challenge to avoid being exposed. The film was officially announced in April 2024 under the tentative titles ''#AGS26'' and ''#PradeepAshwathCombo'', as it is AGS's 26th production and the first collaboration between Pradeep and Ashwath, and the official title was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the following month in Chennai and was nearly complete that October. The film has music composed by Leon James, cinematography handled by Niketh Bommireddy and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav. ''Dragon'' was released worldwide on 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
