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Dragons (slrpnk.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] x4740N 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I wonder what an Asian person's perspective on this would be

So far I've just seen people that I think are western

[–] [email protected] 90 points 10 months ago

Am asian, am chinese, am amused and chuckled. Because Dragon in chinese is 龙(lóng) and that corgi is definitely long

[–] NorthWestWind 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If we were to insult your dragons, it's probably about how fat they are

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

You cant insult my boy Themberchaud

[–] johannesvanderwhales 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.