Where Dragons Dwell
An Atlas of Dragon Myths
Timeline
Dims unmatched regions without disabling them
Here be not monsters, but memory.
The shapes that different peoples gave to storm, river, fire, and sky.
Many traditions · One world
Copyright © 2026 Huiying Chung
Timeline
Dims unmatched regions without disabling them
Here be not monsters, but memory.
The shapes that different peoples gave to storm, river, fire, and sky.
Many traditions · One world
Where Dragons Dwell
An Atlas of Dragon Myths
Copyright © 2026 Huiying Chung
About Where Dragons Dwell
Where Dragons Dwell is an interactive mythology atlas about dragon stories, serpent beings, and sacred creatures across world cultures. The project compares how East Asian, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Mesoamerican, European, Norse, Egyptian, Persian, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, and Indigenous American traditions imagined dragons in relation to rivers, storms, creation, kingship, wisdom, danger, and cosmic order.
Visitors can explore dragon myths including Long, Ryu, Yong, Imugi, Naga, Quetzalcoatl, Boiuna, Horned Serpent, the medieval European dragon, Jormungandr, Zmey, Apep, Azhdaha, the Rainbow Serpent, and Taniwha.
Topics covered
- Dragon mythology by region
- Comparative folklore and symbolic meanings
- Sacred serpents, weather beings, and creation myths
- Interactive world map of dragon traditions
Dragon entries
- Long - Chinese / East Asian
- Ryu - Japanese
- Yong / Imugi - Korean
- Naga - Hindu / Buddhist
- Quetzalcoatl - Mesoamerican
- Boiuna - Amazonian / South American
- Horned Serpent - Indigenous North American
- Dragon - European Medieval
- Jormungandr - Norse
- Zmey - Slavic / Eastern European
- Apep - Egyptian
- Azhdaha - Persian / Middle Eastern
- Rainbow Serpent - Aboriginal Australian
- Taniwha - Polynesian / Maori