Chinese Dragons vs. Western Dragons + Other Mythical Beasts

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  • čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
  • Dragons… whether you believe it or not, are in both Eastern and Western culture. We're going to compare the two in this video AND talk about some other mythical beasts that are in both cultures.
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    Chinese Dragons vs. Western Dragons + Other Mythical Beasts
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  • @MarioUcomics
    @MarioUcomics Před 2 lety +99

    You should also look at latin american dragons like Quetzalcoat from Aztec mythology. It looks closer to asian dragon with its serpent like body

  • @siekensou77
    @siekensou77 Před 2 lety +40

    this is a great topic.
    theres also mideastern dragons which are also different.
    those sumerian dragons seem to be a middle ground between eastern and western dragons

    • @NTDOffTheGreatWall
      @NTDOffTheGreatWall  Před 2 lety +18

      It’s so interesting how all different cultures have their own dragons

  • @LeharcBlueHeart
    @LeharcBlueHeart Před 2 lety +23

    I love videos about mythical creatures. It's so hard to find videos about Chinese ones in English. So I really enjoyed this alot. So glad your channel is back again:)

  • @BlameThande
    @BlameThande Před 2 lety +14

    Archaeologists now reckon the recurring Western story of a hero slaying a dragon or similar creature goes back as much as six or seven thousand years to the Proto-Indo-Europeans, because versions of it show up in so many descendant myths (like the Hydra in Greek mythology or the Sigurd/Siegfried story in Germanic mythology) suggesting they are all variations of the same original tale.

  • @dominichill1492
    @dominichill1492 Před 2 lety +1

    Carmen The Queen is back. I love the video, every time I watch I learn something new.

  • @raayguun
    @raayguun Před 2 lety +2

    Commenting to say I'm glad y'all are back, and to help the algorithm. 🖤

  • @VulcanTrekkie45
    @VulcanTrekkie45 Před 2 lety +10

    Centaurs have actually sorta made their way into evolutionary biology too. Centaurism is defined as the phenomenon in which a species gives up a pair of legs and starts using them not for locomotion but for other purposes, such as manipulating the environment. Humans are a classic case of centaurism, having evolved to walk on two legs while our hands are used to manipulate the environment. Praying mantises too.

  • @TheHowToLady
    @TheHowToLady Před 2 lety

    Hello. I love your informative approach to sharing. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️

  • @dj_laundry_list
    @dj_laundry_list Před 2 lety +12

    Is Carmen still good looking 10 years later? Yes. Yes, she is

  • @daegudiva
    @daegudiva Před 2 lety

    Woo Hoo!!! Carmen & Dragons! What more could you ask for☺❤

  • @huudathot
    @huudathot Před 2 lety

    I just recently found your channel (Chinese eating etiquette), and watched your discussion of Dim Sum (Here in America "shrimp toast" is a big favorite but I love Siu Mai and cabbage or pork bao) and i am surprised to see that some of the videos are 7 or 8 years old. I didn't notice a difference now that you are "back" but you still have immaculate English enunciation and slip very naturally in to Cantonese or Mandarin. (I notice that you say "mandarIN" instead of "MANdarin" - do we say it wrong over here?) Liked and subscribed and enjoying the videos. Oh, and it is charming when the Australian accent just peeks out a bit in your English. Love it!

  • @BobTheHatKing
    @BobTheHatKing Před 2 lety +7

    Charizard is that one Pokémon that everyone wonders why it’s not dragon type

  • @psychedlicsouljam1995
    @psychedlicsouljam1995 Před 2 lety

    I missed you guys! ❤

  • @LEEOTLM
    @LEEOTLM Před 2 lety +8

    Finally... I've been waiting so long for a return... 🙌

  • @analysis1018
    @analysis1018 Před 2 lety +34

    When I was a child, I noticed that the Western dragons were scary and breathing out fire. But the eastern dragons were friendlier.
    Looking forward to the video…

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 Před rokem

      the bible or ibrahamic religions in general tend to vilify pagen or anceint religions , they villify anceint egyptians and anceint egypt civilization and religions also making mosa as hero who split sea then drowned the Pharoah , or when god drown whole earth noah arc but saved people who worshiped him , ibrahamic faiths always did that twisting the truth and then inserting their own narrative as fact

  • @karikling8812
    @karikling8812 Před 2 lety +2

    Loved the comparison between the different mythologies! I wonder if there are Chinese lure has any creatures similar to vampires or werewolves?

  • @MYTHOMINHTRAN
    @MYTHOMINHTRAN Před 9 měsíci

    Thumb up as usual! I love every video you posted!💯🧠🫀🫁

  • @jasonpursley3206
    @jasonpursley3206 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video! I've pondered the idea of these creatures roaming the Earth.

  • @ShiningNoctowls
    @ShiningNoctowls Před rokem

    Thanks for sharing; take care

  • @robertomondello2447
    @robertomondello2447 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video❤️❤️❤️✌️✌️✌️

  • @darkestdragon
    @darkestdragon Před 2 lety +7

    I noticed that the western dragon is just not the same animal as the Chinese “long”. It seems back in the day it was just convenient for the western observer to draw the comparison between them (and call it a “Dragon”) because they both are mythical and both have serpentine like appearance. Awesome video 👍

    • @andromedamessier3176
      @andromedamessier3176 Před 2 lety +4

      I think western dragon got inspired by the dinosaur bone that they found back then. It looks so much like a dinosaur.

  • @yusufalef92
    @yusufalef92 Před 2 lety

    🙏🐉🙏 Thanks for sharing really interesting 🙏

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 Před 2 lety +2

    0:23
    Me: *GASP* Dont listen to her Toothless. I know you are a good boy.

  • @ronb.8920
    @ronb.8920 Před 2 lety

    This was fun 👍👍👍

  • @humanseekingtruth6080
    @humanseekingtruth6080 Před 2 měsíci +1

    The reason they are similar is because early humans lived on one single whole continent, spoke the one single language, shared the same history, built similar structures, and had similar beliefs, but after their single language was change to many and the land was separated into separate continents and island, over time their ideas began change from each other.

  • @xiaoxiaojingjing0309
    @xiaoxiaojingjing0309 Před 2 lety +2

    Please reference journey to the west and chinese paladin about dragons controlling rain, etc. :)

  • @NTDOffTheGreatWall
    @NTDOffTheGreatWall  Před 2 lety +6

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  • @porkstamina
    @porkstamina Před 2 lety

    Super interesting!

  • @UltraViolet666
    @UltraViolet666 Před 2 lety +5

    Even though Chinese dragons are supposed to be benign, I was scared of them at the New Year parades. I think it was the loud music that scared me most hahaha.

  • @426mak
    @426mak Před 2 lety

    Very good video, but I would have loved it if you had mentioned the Qilin as well.

  • @xmvillain9259
    @xmvillain9259 Před 2 lety +2

    i am getting a tattoo of the chinese dragon on my wrist (i am not chinese) this is video helped me gather research on it thank you so much

  • @wolfkaiser7596
    @wolfkaiser7596 Před rokem +1

    ok I'm an Egyptian and I won't say that I know everything about ancient Egypt but so far I didn't hear of Phoenix in our history but if you are sure about it I'll trust your knowledge

  • @TommyZommy
    @TommyZommy Před 2 lety +3

    tldr: Charizard vs Gyarados

  • @BobTheHatKing
    @BobTheHatKing Před 2 lety

    Beautiful necklace!

  • @serenityq26
    @serenityq26 Před 2 lety

    chiyou? he's in the marvel comic "swordsman" about a chinese hero in china. paired great with aero, a female hero in taiwan

  • @dreamxpaili
    @dreamxpaili Před 2 lety +8

    always preferred chinese dragons over western dragons 😆😆😆

  • @lynox908
    @lynox908 Před 2 lety +1

    can u plz do lion dance i know everything about lion dance but i want u to talk about it

  • @josephlownang6992
    @josephlownang6992 Před 2 lety

    good video

  • @jmjm1102013
    @jmjm1102013 Před rokem

    quirion's noble phantasm made it's way to this video :D

  • @BobTheHatKing
    @BobTheHatKing Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve always wondered why 龍 is translated to dragon as they are so different

  • @newaznazimuddin7090
    @newaznazimuddin7090 Před 2 lety +1

    We may have forgotten about interconnected world in distant past.There was global culture all across the world.But after great cataclysm,all human become separated and isolated.They form distinct cultures but with similarities.

  • @GyLala
    @GyLala Před 2 lety +5

    🔥🐉

  • @angelawest3225
    @angelawest3225 Před 2 měsíci +1

    chinese dragons are my favourite type of dragons and futs-long is my favourite one because of not just his fire powers butlava powers to🐲🐉🌋🔥☄

  • @Jenk1813
    @Jenk1813 Před rokem +1

    I like dragons

  • @DALOCMAN
    @DALOCMAN Před 2 lety

    You welcome

  • @rudichong3869
    @rudichong3869 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for posting very interesting i love it just to let you know that i am a Chinese Dragon myself even though i am not born in the Year of the Dragon but i am noble at heart and i am a chinese celestial dragon in heart and when i was young i used to be called Ao Bing the third Prince son of Ao Guang The East Sea Dragon King who fought Nezha incase you forgot

  • @DALOCMAN
    @DALOCMAN Před 2 lety

    Let’s talk about the tangki

  • @chefdavidrivoli
    @chefdavidrivoli Před 2 lety

    Did you see The legend of the Ten Rings? There’s lots of Eastern Creatures there like Hundun, Qi Rin, and a Dragon.

  • @austineafford
    @austineafford Před 8 měsíci +1

    If Asian/Chinese Dragons can actually breathe fire from the sun, the underworld or the volcano.

  • @christianhaile9211
    @christianhaile9211 Před 2 lety +1

    Definitely love dragons. I really love to the difference between the Chinese Dragons, and the Western Dragons. My favorite kind of dragons are Chinese Dragons, in my opinion.

  • @jacobmetcalf6741
    @jacobmetcalf6741 Před rokem

    What about Pegasus?

  • @giovannijunior9642
    @giovannijunior9642 Před 2 lety +4

    The phoenix that rises from the ashes is actually from Ancient Arab mythology!

    • @Reptilesaurs
      @Reptilesaurs Před 2 lety

      I prefer Chinese Dragon rather than Phoenix

    • @grappling.enthusiast
      @grappling.enthusiast Před 2 lety

      Wait, I'm pretty sure the Phoenix's were from Greece.

    • @Reptilesaurs
      @Reptilesaurs Před 2 lety

      @@grappling.enthusiast exactly what im thinking

    • @grappling.enthusiast
      @grappling.enthusiast Před 2 lety

      @@Reptilesaurs Yeah, besides Dragons were always cooler to me anyway.

  • @586bomin
    @586bomin Před 2 lety

    Ch in Chiron is pronounced as k or q sound

  • @Laurence0227
    @Laurence0227 Před 2 lety +1

    the Sinetic Phoenix is the national symbol of CHU(楚), a Ancient Chinese Kingdom founded by a Chinese tribe inappropriately exprelled by the Zhou dynasty to the Yngzhe River regions, I believe the symbol was introduced to Sinitic culture after Chin Dynasty which CHU was conquered and thus its cultural asset encouperated into Imperial China

    • @masterkoi29
      @masterkoi29 Před 2 lety

      The Chu state was founded by the royal clans from the Zhou dynasty. Let me tell you that the Zhou dynasty have many royal clan members. Each clan was given a land by the Zhou king which composed of the states who started the warring states

    • @masterkoi29
      @masterkoi29 Před 2 lety

      You need to know first the origin of each Chinese state in order for you to know the details. Chinese people believe of the mandate of heaven which was passed down to all Chinese since the yellow emperor.

  • @romeisfallingagain
    @romeisfallingagain Před 2 lety

    the dragon/serpent in the west is the phoenicians/seapeoples

  • @XimeGalVal_7
    @XimeGalVal_7 Před 2 lety

    Which one do you feel is the most dangerous? 😅

  • @headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025

    Im head dragon Cain

  • @Lancevids
    @Lancevids Před rokem +1

    Im a dragon

  • @goosecouple
    @goosecouple Před 2 lety +2

    PRChinese: "We love the Red Dragon."
    Taiwanese: "Better dead then Red."

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw Před 2 lety

    i love how she drops that third tone on "how" like nothing to see here move on

  • @perryann6946
    @perryann6946 Před 2 lety +1

    🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

  • @reijinvyskra1759
    @reijinvyskra1759 Před 2 lety +1

    Where's South East Asian dragons? For example the Philippines Bakunawa and Minokawa.

  • @antoniocasias5545
    @antoniocasias5545 Před 2 lety +2

    Dragons can spit fire in the Far East too. Some do some dont

  • @evelinecarolinelienhuaming1184

    I Love Dragon Chinese Because I'm Chinese Descendant too!!! 😆😆😆

  • @DALOCMAN
    @DALOCMAN Před 2 lety

    Hi

  • @maripotter8409
    @maripotter8409 Před 2 lety

    👍

  • @Annayu9370
    @Annayu9370 Před 2 lety +1

    Which one is the Chinese dragon and I’m from china

  • @sakurakou2009
    @sakurakou2009 Před rokem

    I always thought that maybe dinasors are dragons , maybe dragons are not mythical but really did exist

  • @nafsi8519
    @nafsi8519 Před 2 lety +1

    I read too much Chinese novels so knew most of them.

  • @tigertankerer
    @tigertankerer Před rokem

    Chinese dragons: divine and good
    European dragons: "I am fire, I am death!"

  • @dollydoie
    @dollydoie Před 2 lety

    I am confused, I thought it was 5 auspicious beasts...?

  • @moonsorrow77
    @moonsorrow77 Před 4 měsíci

    Dragon here👋👋👋👋👋

  • @plotholedetective4166

    Sweet girl we all worship those dragons.... You should watch mr. Mythos yhwh is a dragon. Have a wonderful day

  • @Iluthra
    @Iluthra Před 4 měsíci

    One thing I never understood about Western dragons was their love for treasure. Hoarding it and protecting it from thieves. Do Chinese dragons care about wealth?

  • @user-fd3ld9qc7d
    @user-fd3ld9qc7d Před 2 lety

    The multi-armed fishman could be the first avatar of Vishnu

  • @hopetagulos
    @hopetagulos Před 2 lety

    The Chinese dragon looks reasonably like a dinosaur, the "Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus" specifically. And, I think, if we take into account the variants of legends, all over the world, about scales, crest, feathers, bat wing, aquatic habits, then the comparison with the aforementioned dinosaur is almost complete. Link, dino: czcams.com/video/MxT9dd2nu7c/video.html

  • @arnavthakur1412
    @arnavthakur1412 Před 2 lety

    Chinese dragon 🐉 is also known as loong

  • @sagemcallister4822
    @sagemcallister4822 Před 2 lety

    I wasn't born in a Dragon year.
    Was happily born in a Dog year.

  • @tristanwhidden3022
    @tristanwhidden3022 Před rokem

    That's my year of the dragon
    I get along with Tigers and you are right we all have Dragon bodies. We all have personalities you know I'm south Korean but I passed the regular sign of the Dragon so then I fell asleep there is an new year the Dragon I went even higher I made that year I enjoyed my year.. I have a causing that is year the dragon but he's in his old sign be I only have the ultimate year the Dragon.

  • @materialdaisy4636
    @materialdaisy4636 Před 2 lety

    i’m Chinese, & i’m a Dragon, & ofc i brag about it ;)

  • @joenroute9646
    @joenroute9646 Před 2 lety

    These dragons have nothing in common except the denomination! A bit like the original pinguin which once lived in the Northern hemisphere and present bird in the southern hémisphère, we now call pinguin. Just because they look alike !

  • @johnathantrinh502
    @johnathantrinh502 Před 2 lety

    Not the same without mike

  • @tristanwilson8455
    @tristanwilson8455 Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do a video on the 4 evils hundun and the others? I've tried looking into them and I keep running into the same thing each of them have a cardinal directions associated with them but I cont find anything that tells me which direction goes with what creature.

  • @Thinkofwhat
    @Thinkofwhat Před 2 lety +1

    We are descendants of the dragon no according to our Chinese origin legend…

  • @JrKinabalu
    @JrKinabalu Před 2 lety +1

    Even bible tells us about dragons.

  • @DALOCMAN
    @DALOCMAN Před 2 lety

    Do you know Thai I believe I am a you tangki

  • @loganhere5789
    @loganhere5789 Před 2 lety

    Im a dragon in Chinese zodiac praise me

  • @headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025

    I'm Chinese Head Dragon West coast America Ying dynasty west coast America Ying Chinese president King of my people

  • @lani99tien
    @lani99tien Před 2 lety

    Chinese Long is different from western dragon. The translation is not proper.

  • @Laurence0227
    @Laurence0227 Před 2 lety

    Here is a secret, as a descendent of Zhou Dynasty (姬周) royalty, we have this tradition about how the dragon made it into Sinitic culture as a syombol of anyhitng...... according to my family tradition, the whole reason that Chinese have the concept of dragon, was becase our direct ancestors the Ji Clan whom ruled China then conquered a barbarian tribe who use dragon totem symbol and the Zhou Empror then thought that totem looks cool, so he decided to just download it into our cultue, nothing fansy lol
    and us Ji's heirs traditionally don't rever Ah-bah Hok-Hii(伏羲) and Ah-Mu Nu-Ue(女媧) to be mythological entites of have man have dragon serpant or whatever, but we revered them as the first among our forefathers of the Sinitic civiliation whose's existance is a skin wearing man and woman with great wisdom and virtue to initiate our civilization, once again nothign fansy but rven do does not deminish their greatness
    I don't Ah-bah Hok-Hii and Ah-mu Nu-Ue is less great without the mystical powers that the later constructed mythological lore attribute to them, by establish the concept of commited sexual relationship and associated meaningful courtasy to it as the foundation of the SInitic civilization is aready great enough

  • @nette9836
    @nette9836 Před 2 lety

    Actually, many western depictions show dragons as being sage, calm beings. Western cultures are not a monolith.. .

    • @grappling.enthusiast
      @grappling.enthusiast Před 2 lety +1

      It is what we call a 'Standard Western Dragon', which is the most common Dragon amongst Europe.
      I do agree with you that Western cultures are not a monolith, however, even in the myths that western dragons are wise, sage beings, they are not worshiped nor praised as divine beings as they are in Chinese culture and mythology.

  • @JoshCaiLovzu
    @JoshCaiLovzu Před 2 lety

    In short, dragon is not Chinese loong, vice versa. Thank you for demystifying!

  • @user-kx5xc8nd4b
    @user-kx5xc8nd4b Před rokem

    Chinese dragons are beautiful and powerful ,western dragons look so scary

  • @TheKingofTheSky424
    @TheKingofTheSky424 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Chinese dragons better

  • @andrewphillips8341
    @andrewphillips8341 Před 2 lety +4

    Western Dragons are the best. You can ride them into the skies and into battle.

  • @damianfung3309
    @damianfung3309 Před rokem

    The eastern dragons are more impressive

  • @StephenSternGoth
    @StephenSternGoth Před 2 lety

    Wish dragon Chinese dragon
    poster dragon Pokemon dragon

  • @tvue2322
    @tvue2322 Před 2 lety

    The God of War, Chiyou is our beloved King and Great Grandfather! #Hmong

  • @headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025

    Im Jesus Christ hi

  • @tomcavanaugh5237
    @tomcavanaugh5237 Před 2 lety

    My dragon can beat up your dragon.