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Dragons (slrpnk.net)
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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not Asian, but the real answer is: they're completely different mythologies, but when Europeans made contact with Asia they decided to use the word "dragon" for the unrelated Asian mythological creature.