Dragon King
The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a celestial creature, water and weather god in Asian mythology. He can manipulate and control the weather, move seasons and bring rainfall with his divine power at his own will. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, divine ruler of the Seas, rivers and water bodies, commanding over all bodies of water.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Serpent-like designs found in Neolithic period archeological sites.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dragon turtle, Houtu, Tudigong, Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, Sagara, Yongwang, great nāga, Denglong, Diting, Varuna, Nāgas
- parent of
- longnü
- manifested by
- Dragon God, Lóng, Nāgarāja
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Dragon King”
#4154 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Within the Daoist pantheon, the Dragon King is regarded the zoomorphic representation of the yang masculine power of generation. The dragon king is the king of the dragons and he also controls all of the creatures in the sea. The dragon king gets his orders from the Jade Emperor”
#9353 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the daughter of the dragon king, an eight year old longnü (龍女, nāgakanyā)”
#35231 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5