Editing Dragon (section)

===Asia===
Asian Dragons are typically long (in fact the Chinse word for dragon is literally just "Long," pronounced exactly like the English word long, all by pure coincidence), snake-like creatures with thin limbs, and are generally less malevolent than their European counterparts. They tend to be associated with water, specifically rivers, rather than fire; a generally accepted theory was that East Asian dragons were based on Chinese Alligators (Chinese alligators have very short snouts), which used to be a lot more common. At least one Chinese creator-goddess appeared as a hybrid of woman and dragon, whilst there are Japanese stories of noble men marrying female dragons.

They don't usually have wings, flight being accomplished either by magic or "swimming" through the wind. Should be noted that in most Asian mythologies, dragons are usually depicted as divine beings more on the side of good than evil, not too many stories about dragon-slaying over here. That said there are a handful of tales of individual Longs being less-than-ideal heavenly citizens; ''Journey to the West,'' for example, has a brief moment where a long is arrested for aiding a trio of conmen.

Southeast Asian dragons are often called "[[Naga]]", but are distinct from Indian Nagas, they share a name because of centuries of Buddhist influence, with Southeast Asian cultures syncretizing the Indian Nagas as the same thing as theirs. In India, the Naga are the mythic half-human, half-snake inhabitants of the underworld; they're the mortal enemies of the flying ''Garuda'', associated with mountains and the wind, but are otherwise just another race, like the [[Deva]]. Southeast Asian ''Naga'', on the other hand, are more like god-dragons/sea-serpents, associated with specific rivers and lakes like Chinese dragons. Being a region of frequent rain and flooding (and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_fireball occasional swamp-gas fire<s>works</s>balls-at-the-lake show]), Southeast Asian Nagas are ''very'' important in their mythos, and they are often portrayed as the patrons of ancient kingdoms. In the Philippines, the [[The Islands of Sina Una|Bakunawa]] is entirely malevolent, being responsible for earthquakes and [[Morrslieb|eating the Sun]] during Solar Eclipses.