A dragon is a mythical creature, typically with reptile-like traits.

(The) Dragon(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters and fictional entities

  • Chinese dragon
  • Dave Dragon, character played by Hulk Hogan in the 1998 American martial arts movie 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
  • The Dragon (Beowulf)
  • Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons), a monstrous creature
  • Dragon (Middle-earth), a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books
  • Dragon (One Piece)
  • Dragon (Shrek), a character in Shrek
  • The Dragon, a title for the world's champion against the forces of darkness in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
  • Dragon, a member of Gen13
  • Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title Savage Dragon
  • Dragon Shiryū, a Saint Seiya character
  • Dragons (Dragon Prince), mythical beasts
  • Dragons (Pern), by Anne McCaffrey
  • Richard Dragon, a DC Comics character

Films

  • The Dragon, a 1916 film directed by Harry A. Pollard
  • Dragon (2006 film), an action/fantasy film
  • Dragon (2011 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film
  • Dragon (2025 film), Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age film
  • Dragon (2027 film), an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action drama film
  • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a 1993 biographical film
  • Dragons: Fire and Ice (2004 film), animated film
  • Dragons 3D, a 2013 film

Gaming

  • Dragon, a version of the video game Mega Man Star Force
  • Dragon by Komodo Chess, a chess engine
  • Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong
  • Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, a chess opening

Literature

  • Dragon (Brust novel), a 1998 novel by Steven Brust
  • Dragon (Cussler novel), a 1990 novel by Clive Cussler
  • The Dragon (fairy tale), an Italian fairy tale
  • Dragon (fantasy series), fantasy novels by Laurence Yep (1982–1992)
  • "Dragon" (Kalapugama short story), by Anandasiri Kalapugama (1975)
  • Dragon (poem), by Aleksey Tolstoy (1875)
  • "The Dragon" (poem), by Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1996)
  • "The Dragon" (short story), by Ray Bradbury (1955)
  • "Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale", a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1919)
  • The Dragons (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles

Periodicals

  • Dragon (magazine), a Dungeons & Dragons magazine
  • Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), a Japanese light novel magazine (1988-current)

Music

Groups

  • Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock group
  • Dragons (band), an English group
  • The Dragons (band), an American rock group

Albums

  • The Dragon (album), by Vangelis
  • Dragon (Jake Shimabukuro album)
  • Dragon (Loudness album)

Songs

  • "Dragon" (song), a 2024 song by Liamoo
  • "Dragon" by Lou Reed and Metallica from Lulu
  • "Dragon" by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from PetroDragonic Apocalypse
  • "Dragon", by the Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good
  • "Dragon", by Martin Garrix
  • "Dragon", by Miriam Bryant
  • "Dragons", by Caravan Palace from Caravan Palace

Roller coasters

  • The Dragon (roller coaster), at Legoland
  • The Dragon, Ocean Park Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China
  • Dragon (Adventureland), in Altoona, Iowa
  • Dragon Challenge, in Orlando, Florida
  • Dragon Coaster (Playland), in Rye, New York

Television

  • "The Dragon" (Arrow), nineteenth episode of the 2018 sixth season of the TV show Arrow
  • Dragon (Bluey), an episode of the Australian animated television series Bluey
  • Dragon (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program
  • Dragon Television, a Chinese provincial satellite TV station
  • DreamWorks Dragons, a TV series based on How to Train Your Dragon

Other arts and entertainment

  • Dragon (M. C. Escher), a 1952 wood-engraving print by M. C. Escher
  • The Dragon (Schwarz), a 1944 fairytale play by Evgeny Schwartz
  • Dragon, a 2013 play written by Oliver Emanuel

Biology

Animals

  • Agamidae, a family of lizards, of which many genera are known as dragons, especially in subfamilies Amphibolurinae and Draconinae
  • Amphibolurinae
  • Ctenophorus, an Australian genus of lizards, of which many species are known as dragons
  • Pogona, a genus of Australian lizards, commonly called "bearded dragons"
  • Draconinae
  • Acanthosaura, commonly named as "horned dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia
  • Draco, commonly known as "flying dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia
  • , many fish
  • Dragonet, fish of the Callionymidae
  • Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo

Other uses in biology

  • Antirrhinum, a genus of plants, known as "snap dragon"
  • Dracaena, a genus of trees, also known as "dragon tree"
  • DRAGON (protein), a membrane receptor protein
  • Pitaya, also called "dragon fruit," fruit of several different cactus species
  • Saururus cernuus, a species of plants, also called "water dragon"
  • Tarragon, a species of perennial herbs, which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name

Brands and enterprises

  • Cathay Dragon, an international airline based in Hong Kong, previously known as Dragonair
  • Dragon Models Limited, a toy manufacturer
  • Dragon Petroleum, a Welsh fuel company

Education

  • Dragon School, a British preparatory school in Oxford, England
  • The Dragon Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada

Mathematics and computing

  • Dragon (cipher)
  • Dragon (remote sensing)
  • AMD Dragon, a platform engineered for gamers
  • Comodo Dragon, a freeware web browser
  • Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs
  • Dragon curve, a family of fractal curves
  • Dragon Data, a Welsh computer manufacturer
  • Dragon 32/64, the names of two 1980s home computers
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package
  • DRAKON (Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles

Military

  • Dragon (firearm), the short version of the blunderbuss
  • "Dragons", a USMC helicopter squadron (see: VMM-265)
  • BQM-147 Dragon, United States unmanned aerial vehicle
  • Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, German World War II helicopter, known in English as Dragon
  • HMS Dragon, the name of at least 14 ships (and a building) of the English/British Navy
  • M47 Dragon, an American anti-tank missile system
  • The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x Hawker Hunters of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, during 1973
  • , a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War
  • Dragón, a Spanish development of the Mowag Piranha V Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Nobility and royalty

  • Dragon Throne, the throne of the Emperor of China
  • Order of the Dragon, a former monarchical chivalric order

People

  • Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon"
  • Goran Dragić (born 1986), Slovenian basketball player, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • G-Dragon (born 1988), South Korean rapper
  • Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), American conductor and composer
  • Daryl Dragon (1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon
  • Tatsumi Fujinami (born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Lyoto Machida (born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Ricky Steamboat (born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon"
  • Don "The Dragon" Wilson (born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor
  • Ryuji Kumita (born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"

Places

Extra-terrestrial

  • Draco (constellation) (Latin for Dragon), a constellation in the far northern sky
  • The Dragon, a grouping of galaxies in the field of Abell 370

Terrestrial

  • Dragon, Utah, United States, a ghost town
  • Dragon Cone, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada
  • Dragon Hill, Uffington, a mountain in England
  • "The Dragon", a section of U.S. Route 129 between Deals Gap, North Carolina and Punkin Center, Tennessee, in the United States

Sports teams

Africa

  • AS Dragons (Kinshasa), a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, a soccer team in Benin
  • ASK Dragão, a soccer team in Angola
  • Dragón FC, a soccer team in Equatorial Guinea
  • Drakensberg Dragons, South Africa field hockey club

Asia

  • CEC Dragons, the sports teams of the Cebu Eastern College in the Philippines
  • China Dragon, an ice hockey team in China
  • Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Japan
  • Jeonnam Dragons (formerly spelled as Chunnam Dragons), a football team in South Korea
  • Jiangsu Dragons, a Chinese Basketball Association team
  • Kuala Lumpur Dragons, a Malaysian basketball team
  • Shanghai Dragons, an Overwatch eSports team in China
  • Sichuan Dragons, a baseball team in China
  • Team Dragon, nickname for China men's national basketball team
  • Welcoat Dragons, a basketball team in the Philippines

Europe

  • Artland Dragons, a German basketball team
  • AS Dragon, an association football team from Guadeloupe
  • Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe), an American football team active in Spain from 1991 to 2003
  • Barcelona Dragons (ELF), an American football team active in Spain since 2021
  • Catalans Dragons, a rugby league club in France
  • Celtic Dragons, a netball team in Wales, U.K.
  • Delft Dragons, an American football team in the Netherlands
  • Dragons (rugby union), a rugby union team in South East Wales, U.K.
  • Dragons de Rouen, an ice hockey team in France
  • Dragons Rhöndorf, a German basketball team
  • Dragons (women's cricket), a women's cricket team in Ireland
  • Dublin Dragons, a former American football team in Ireland
  • Dudelange Dragons, an American football team in Luxembourg
  • Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom
  • KHC Dragons, a field hockey club in Belgium
  • RC Dragon Brno, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic
  • Wrexham A.F.C., a Welsh association football team known as the Red Dragons

North America

  • C.D. Dragón, a soccer team in El Salvador
  • Chesapeake Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
  • Dayton Dragons, a baseball team in the U.S.
  • Dragon Racing, an American auto racing team
  • Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Georgia in the U.S.
  • Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan in the U.S.
  • Drexel Dragons, the sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S.
  • Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of Lane College in the U.S.
  • Los Angeles Dragons (American football), a former American football team in the U.S.
  • Los Angeles Dragons, an Australian rules football team in the U.S.
  • Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of Minnesota State University Moorhead in the U.S.
  • New York Dragons, an Arena Football League team in the U.S.
  • Portland Forest Dragons, a former name of the Oklahoma Wranglers, an Arena Football team in the U.S.
  • San Antonio Dragons, an ice hockey team in the U.S.
  • San Francisco Dragons, a field lacrosse team in the U.S.
  • Seattle Dragons, an American football team in the U.S.
  • Shreveport Swamp Dragons, formerly the Shreveport Captains, a baseball team in the U.S.
  • Thomasville Dragons, a women's soccer team in the U.S.
  • Tiffin Dragons, the sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S.
  • Verdun Dragons, an ice hockey team in Canada
  • Wisconsin Dragons, a women's tackle football team in the U.S.

Oceania

  • A.S. Dragon (Tahiti), a soccer team
  • Darwin Dragons SC, a soccer team
  • Engadine Dragons, a junior rugby league team
  • Northcote Football Club, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team
  • St. George Dragons, a rugby league team
  • St. George Illawarra Dragons, a rugby league football club
  • Shellharbour City Dragons, a rugby league team
  • South Dragons, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006–2009)

Transport

Air

  • de Havilland Dragon, a small commercial aircraft
  • Douglas B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber aircraft
  • Independence Dragon, a German paraglider design
  • Sopwith Dragon, a British single-seat fighter biplane

Land

  • Dennis Dragon, a bus
  • Dragon Automobile Company, an American manufacturer (1906–1908)
  • Kaiser Dragon, a 1950s American car
  • Dragon (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive
  • Dragon (1873–1892), a South Devon Railway Buffalo class locomotive
  • Dragon (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class locomotive
  • Dragon (1891–1915), a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
  • Dragon (2009–present) Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive

Space

  • Dragon (rocket), a French research sounding rocket
  • SpaceX Dragon capsule, used to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station
  • SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule, also used to transport crew to and from the International Space Station

Water

  • Dragon (keelboat), a sailing yacht, used in racing
  • Dragon boat, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing

Other uses

  • Dragon (Ninurta), a figure in Sumerian religion
  • Dragon (zodiac), in the Chinese zodiac
  • Dragon reactor, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England
  • Satan, referred to several times in the Book of Revelation as the "Dragon"
  • Welsh Dragon, the flag of Wales
  • In the Japanese board game shogi, the rook and bishop promote to a "dragon (king)" and a "dragon horse"
  • The 2020 Middle East storms of 23 March 2020 and following days are sometimes called the "Dragon storms"

See also

  • Draconian (disambiguation)
  • Dracaena (disambiguation)
  • Drache (disambiguation)
  • Draco (disambiguation)
  • Dragone (disambiguation)
  • Dragon I (disambiguation)
  • Dragon II (disambiguation)
  • Red Dragon (disambiguation)
  • Sea Dragon (disambiguation)