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Dilong
In Chinese mythology, dilong → "earth dragon" is one of many types of -long (dragons) such as shenlong → "divine dragon" and huanglong → "yellow dragon". Since di → "earth; land; soil; ground" semantically contrasts with tian → "heaven; sky" (e.g., tiandi → "heaven and earth; universe"), the dilong is paired with the tianlong → "heavenly dragon".
Chinese dragons were supposedly able to fly, and thus were considered celestial creatures rather than terrestrial ones like the "earthbound" dilong. Two other exceptions are panlong 蟠龍 "coiled/curled dragon; a dragon that has not ascended to heaven" and tulong 土龍 "soil/earth dragon", which refers to the tuo → "Chinese Alligator"
Basically Dilong is a heavenly earth dragon from china.
Chinese dragons were supposedly able to fly, and thus were considered celestial creatures rather than terrestrial ones like the "earthbound" dilong. Two other exceptions are panlong 蟠龍 "coiled/curled dragon; a dragon that has not ascended to heaven" and tulong 土龍 "soil/earth dragon", which refers to the tuo → "Chinese Alligator"
Basically Dilong is a heavenly earth dragon from china.
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