Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
dragon-horse
Italian translation:
Dragone-cavallo o drago cavallo (Longma)
Added to glossary by
Maria Elisa Albanese
Apr 14, 2012 15:33
12 yrs ago
English term
dragon-horse
English to Italian
Art/Literary
Folklore
the Luo river scroll
According to the legend, China's first emperor was FuHsi, half man and half dragon, who consolidated the country into one kingdom around 3000BC. As he was riding along beside the Yellow River, one day, he saw a dragon-horse rise from the water, and on it was a curious design, a series of dots set in concentric rings and linked in a particular arrangement.
According to the legend, China's first emperor was FuHsi, half man and half dragon, who consolidated the country into one kingdom around 3000BC. As he was riding along beside the Yellow River, one day, he saw a dragon-horse rise from the water, and on it was a curious design, a series of dots set in concentric rings and linked in a particular arrangement.
Proposed translations
(Italian)
4 +3 | Dragone-cavallo o drago cavallo (Longma) | texjax DDS PhD |
4 +1 | ippocampo | Inter-Tra |
4 | cavallo drago | Danila Moro |
3 | cavallo alato | Mari Lena |
Change log
Apr 14, 2012 16:42: Danila Moro changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Mathematics & Statistics" to "Folklore"
Proposed translations
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Dragone-cavallo o drago cavallo (Longma)
Longma (simplified Chinese: 龙马; traditional Chinese: 龍馬; pinyin: lóngmǎ; Wade–Giles: lung-ma; lit. "dragon horse") was a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Wikipedia
http://www.google.com/search?q=dragon horse china&ie=UTF-8&o...
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Note added at 8 mins (2012-04-14 15:42:05 GMT)
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L’ispirazione per la livrea deriva dal motivo del longma, “il dragone-cavallo”, dove il dragone simboleggia la cultura cinese, che rappresenta coraggio, passione e successo
http://partecinesepartenopeo.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/edizio...
Wikipedia
http://www.google.com/search?q=dragon horse china&ie=UTF-8&o...
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Note added at 8 mins (2012-04-14 15:42:05 GMT)
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L’ispirazione per la livrea deriva dal motivo del longma, “il dragone-cavallo”, dove il dragone simboleggia la cultura cinese, che rappresenta coraggio, passione e successo
http://partecinesepartenopeo.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/edizio...
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3 mins
cavallo alato
Un'ipotesi
1 hr
cavallo drago
qui lo chiamano così. C'è anche la foto con tutti i puntini disposti concentricamente.
http://www.movingbenessere.it/index.php?option=com_content&v...
http://www.movingbenessere.it/index.php?option=com_content&v...
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21 hrs
ippocampo
the alternative to the solution offer from texjax, if your context or better you prefer to compare it to 'Chimeras' that are more known worldwide..
"The Chinese longma "dragon horse" is not culture specific. Mythological hybrid animals or chimeras are known worldwide, including combinations of dragons and horses. In Greek mythology, the *Hippocamp or Hippocampus* (lit. "horse sea-monster"), which supposedly has the head and front legs of a horse and the hindquarters of a dragon or fish, parallels the longma (Carr 1990:154). In Babylonian mythology, "dragon-horse" is a title of the goddess Tiamat (Massey 1907:274). Among the prehistoric hill figures in Oxfordshire, Dragon Hill is below the Uffington White Horse.
"The Chinese longma "dragon horse" is not culture specific. Mythological hybrid animals or chimeras are known worldwide, including combinations of dragons and horses. In Greek mythology, the *Hippocamp or Hippocampus* (lit. "horse sea-monster"), which supposedly has the head and front legs of a horse and the hindquarters of a dragon or fish, parallels the longma (Carr 1990:154). In Babylonian mythology, "dragon-horse" is a title of the goddess Tiamat (Massey 1907:274). Among the prehistoric hill figures in Oxfordshire, Dragon Hill is below the Uffington White Horse.
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