Talk:Japanese dragon

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what do dragons eat?

Don't know if they need to eat, they're mythical, y'know... 81.232.72.53 20:06, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dragon bones

Has anyone checked the possibility of dragon bones really being fossilized dinosaur bones?

its possible i suppose. Ancient people didnt have the information that we do today. They rationalized into something that the common person could understand. (zachlechler)

[edit] Too many Wapanese!!!

Just when did Chinese culture become Japanese culture? Since the US occupation of Japan after WWII? There are too many Japanese fanatics out there. But since they are helping to spread East Asian soft culture (particularly that of China, though indirectly), it might not be a bad thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.232.191.158 (talk) 00:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC).

I assume you thought better of posting this after the fact, but since it's been undeleted I suppose I'll comment. Now I could see merging Japanese dragon, Chinese dragon, and Korean dragon into one article, just as Qilin and Kirin are the same article, but I'd suggest renaming it to Lóng for consistency, just like Qilin's article isn't Chinese unicorn and Fenghuang's article isn't Chinese phoenix. I'd still mildly support separate articles for the "dragons" though, as those creatures seem to have become much bigger parts of Korean and Japanese culture than the "unicorns" and the "phoenixes", and thus have sort of become their own creatures despite the obvious Chinese influence. Kotengu 小天狗 08:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)