Nathrach, Snaid Vooar, Dragún, Draic, Drac (Dragons)

Red Dragon of Cadwallader is the emblem of Wales and is the Great Red Serpent that represents the Welsh god Dewi. The dragon emerges from the White Bull’s cauldron on May Day and flies to the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. Also lives in Caer Emrys: Palace of the Nine in Fortingall, Scotland with the White Dragon. (6, 42, 141, 245)

White Dragon is Brân who rises skywards from the White Bull’s Cauldron on May Day and flies to Yr Wyddfa: Mount Snowdon, Wales (6, 245)

Golden Dragon is Arthur Courts: Caer Llion ar Wysg [Yule]; Celliwig [Candlemass], Edinburgh [Midsummer]. Caer Llion has a labyrinth, hall made of doors with sculptured dragons, torches in golden cressets, golden oil lamps, gold and silver dishes, towers, and is built from the harp music of the ancients. (52, 58, 63, 71, 72, 73, 75, 89, 93, 102, 189, 223)

Black Dragon of the Drac River in Provence abducted a lavender seller. Plant Dôn: Children of Darkness’ undersea grottos in Beaucaire, Draguignan, and Grenoble. The Beaucaire Drac festival is around Midsummer. In Brittany each May Day the dragon screams. (6)

Green Dragon of Erin is Danu who emerges from the White Bull’s cauldron on May Day and flies to Alderley Edge, Cheshire. In a story on the origin of Samhain Eve the dragon is symbolic of the Cailleach: hag who holds the power of winter over spring. Three Dragons can also be raised from the Dragon Hill beneath Blacko Tower, Nr Pendle Hill, N.W. England (6, 245)
About a league and a half from Barrule, there is a hole in the earth, just at the foot of the mountain, which they call The Devil’s Den. They tell you, that, in the days of enchantment, persons were there confined by the magicians, and that it now contains a very great prince, who never knew death, but has for the space of six hundred years been bound by magic spells; but in what manner he lies, or in what form, none had ever courage enough to explore. They add, that if you carry a horse, a dog, or any other animal to the mouth of this hole, its hair will stand on end, and its eyes stare, and a damp sweat cover its whole body. Strange noises are also said to have been heard to issue from this place, and I knew a man once, who positively averrei that his great-grandfather saw a huge dragon, with a tail and wings that darkened all the element, and the eyes that seemed two globes of fire, descend swiftly into it, and after that, heard most terrible shrieks and groans from within.– Waldron. Folklore of the Isle of Man

Are found all over the world: Egypt, Babylon to the East. They range from 20 to 210 feet and can have wings, legs, both or neither. They can have multiple heads and their blood is poison. The Celtic dragon varies greatly in the shape of its ears, but it always has bat-wings; barbed tongue and tail, scales, breathes fire [Fionn: White One filled the dragon who breathed deadly ice the bruane: golden seeds of flame at the Pillar of the Roof of the World], eats young women, guards buried treasure, and haunts pools , wells, and caves. It is sometimes a wingless worm like the Scandinavian dragons with poisonous breath, or a water serpent. Winged serpents are beautiful, and when coiled appear covered with jewels, with crests sparkling with the colors of the rainbow. Dragons are able to come back together if hacked in pieces unless the vanquisher knows special magic.

The dragon represents sovereignty. Pendragon is a Celtic word meaning chief. The French Island of Lérins named after the Celtic God Lenny is the Island of the Serpents and contains invisible serpents.

Places: Vale of Neath, Berwyn Mountains, Cadair Idris, Dyfed, Radnor Forest, the Brecon Beacons, Penllyne Castle, Worm’s Head, South Glamorgan, Llancarfan.

In Asia dragons do not breath fire. They are celestial guardians (five claws), treasure keepers with a magical pearl, weather makers, or river guardians (three and four claws). They are benevolent, have their own system of government, are wise, and symbolize royalty. Weather dragons are blue and govern wind, clouds, and rain. Other colors are: Red, Black, Azure, Yellow. In Laos, canoes open a path through the water of the Mekong so that mythical serpents can come forth and bring rain to the rice fields. (35)