Vishap vs. Dragon — What's the Difference?

The Vishap (Վիշապ) is a dragon in Armenian mythology closely associated with water, similar to the Leviathan. It is usually depicted as a winged snake or with a combination of elements from different animals.Mount Ararat was the main home of the Vishap.

A dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire.

(Armenian mythology) a dragon in Armenian mythology closely associated with water

See Draco2.

A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a long tail, sharp claws, scaly skin, and often wings.

Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.

A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.

Something very formidable or dangerous.

(Archaic) A large snake or serpent.

A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.

A Komodo dragon.

The constellation Draco.

(pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.

A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

A background process similar to a daemon.

A variety of carrier pigeon.

(slang) A transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person.

A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.

A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; - so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.

A variety of carrier pigeon.

A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.

A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body