Zennyo Ryūō

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Zennyo Ryūō is a rain-making dragon in Japanese folklore.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
824 CE
Attested period
824 – 2020
Historical notes
First attested in 824 CE during a rainmaking competition in Kyoto.

Relationships

manifests as
golden snake, dragon

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Sources

Source passages

“Zennyo Ryūō (Japanese) – Rain-making dragon”

#5499 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The best-known appearance of Zennyo was during an 824 CE Buddhist rainmaking competition at the Shinsen'en or Shinzen'en 神泉苑 'Divine Spring Garden' in Kyoto.”

#29372 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat