Talk:Korean dragon
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I did some cleanup of the article. There were some grammer and formatting mistakes. But overall the information is good. LebanonChild 04:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Cleaned up some punctuation errors and changed the layout. I noticed simple punctational errors and the 'stub' section was in the middle of the page. Daniel 10:12P.M., 19th February 2006 KST
Imugi
[edit]The section on "Imoogi" reads like a regurgitation of the script for Dragon Wars, not as actual mythology. If I'm wrong, citations need to be added to the section before it is readded to the article.
A hornless ocean dragon, sometimes equated with a sea serpent. Imugi literally means, "Great Lizard". The legend of the Imugi says that the sun god gave the Imoogi their power through a human girl, which would be transformed into the Imoogi on her 17th birthday. Legend also said that a dragon-shaped mark would be found on the shoulder of the girl, revealing that she was the Imugi in human form. A close relative to the dragon is a native Korean mythological creature known as an Imugi. By one account, they are hornless creatures resembling dragons (cf. Chinese chi 螭 "hornless dragon; mountain demon"), who have been cursed and thus were unable to become dragons. By other accounts, an Imugi is a 'proto-dragon' which must survive one thousand years in order to become a fully fledged dragon. In either case they are said to be large, benevolent, python-like creatures that live in water or caves. Their sighting is associated with good luck.Hi everyone this is not part of this I am just interested
In the 21st-century Korean film titled D-War, two Imugi, of which one was benevolent and the other evil, were seen competing for possession of a source of power by which one of them could become a dragon. Ultimately, the evil Imugi is destroyed by his rival moments after the latter had captured the source. Here, the two are shown to be physically different, in that the evil Imoogi is darker-colored, more slender, and distinguished by an inflexible hood similar to that of a cobra, whereas the Good Imugi is paler, stockier, and hoodless. Narration in the film implies that many Imugi exist at a time, whereof one is designated to become a dragon.
The Alosha series by Christopher Pike features a variation of the Imugi called a "koul". A koul is a snakelike, gigantic proto-dragon that must pass three tests of courage — the coming to aid of others, the act of swimming, and a literal 'leap' of faith — in order to become a dragon. Upon coming to the aid of others, the koul grows legs; after having swum in water, the koul is able to breathe fire; upon making the leap, the koul immediately sprouts wings. A successful koul resembles a European dragon, whereas a koul who has completed only one or two of its tests resembles a Chinese dragon.
I put back the "fire; upon making the leap of faith, the koul immediately sprouts wings. A successful koul resembles a European dragon, whereas a koul who has completed only one or two of its tests resembles" which had been changed to simply "files" because the edit as it stood just made no sense at all.163.151.2.10 (talk) 20:13, 2 May 2016 (UTC)DaisyNY