noun
Yinglong; dragon and rain deity
A winged dragon from Chinese mythology, associated with rain and water. Often depicted as a dragon that controls the weather.
応竜は中国神話に登場する雨を司る竜です。
Yinglong is a dragon that controls rain in Chinese mythology.
古代の壁画には応竜が描かれている。
Yinglong is depicted in ancient murals.
From Chinese 應龍 / 应龙 (Yìnglóng), a mythological winged dragon and rain deity. The Japanese reading おうりゅう is the on'yomi of the kanji.