Golden Fang

[Michael Bailey]

 David Morris wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon

there's an SF/fantasy book called _Tea with the Black Dragon_ I think I liked...
good stuff.  Also, isn't there a character in _Mason & Dixon_ named Fang?
>
> Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and
> folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
> and Turkic dragons. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as
> long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs. In contrast to
> European dragons that are considered evil, Chinese dragons
> traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly
> control over water, rainfall, and floods. In yin and yang terminology,
> a dragon is yang (male) and complements a yin (female) fenghuang
> "Chinese phoenix".
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Obviously the fang belongs symbolically to a dragon.
>



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