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* '''DragonsUpTheYinYang''': (Eastern) Power; strength; nobility; male; likes to play [[TigerVersusDragon Hide and Seek with tigers]]; generally benevolent.

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* '''DragonsUpTheYinYang''': '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': (Eastern) Power; strength; nobility; male; likes to play [[TigerVersusDragon Hide and Seek with tigers]]; generally benevolent.

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* Invoked in ''Literature/EndersGame''. The various armies in the Battle School are given animal motifs (though there is mention of a Phoenix and Manticore armies), until Ender becomes old enough to command an army of his own. Rather than assigning him a preexisting army, the administrators create an entirely new one for him staffed with inexperienced soldiers and dub it the "Dragon Army." With Ender in command it soon takes on an unprecedented winning streak (despite increasingly-unfair odds) and invokes the hatred of every other army in the school. The Dragon army is both mighty and has hoards of would-be heroes trying to "slay" it.
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* In a few different ''ComicBook/Batman'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.

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* In a few different ''ComicBook/Batman'' ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.
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* In a few different ''[[ComicBook/{{Batman}}]]'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.

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* In a few different ''[[ComicBook/{{Batman}}]]'' ''ComicBook/Batman'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.
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* In a few different ''[[ComicBook/Batman]]'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.

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* In a few different ''[[ComicBook/Batman]]'' ''[[ComicBook/{{Batman}}]]'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.

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Smaug doesn't have a dragon motif, he's an actual dragon.



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* In a few different ''[[ComicBook/Batman]]'' stories, The Riddler tries to give himself a Sphinx motif; being a crafty and wise riddle-given who kills those that get it wrong. In the ''Year Zero'' storyline, Batman deduces that while holding the city hostage, The Riddler is hiding underneath a Sphinx statue at the Gotham museum.



* The dragon Smaug in ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
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* Rick Deckard in ''Film/BladeRunner'' has a Unicorn motif, unlike the rest of the cast with regular AnimalMotifs.

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* Rick Deckard in ''Film/BladeRunner'' has Depending on how you interpret ''Film/BladeRunner'', a Unicorn motif, unlike motif can be assigned to Rick Deckard, Rachael, or the both of them. Unlike the rest of the cast with regular AnimalMotifs.
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* Aside from Kuwabara, the members of Team Urameshi from ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'' all have a MythicalMotif of a sort.

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* Aside from Kuwabara, the members of Team Urameshi from ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'' all have a MythicalMotif of a sort.MythicalMotifs.

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* '''{{Kitsune}}''': Illusions, mystery, trickery, cunning and wisdom. Also associated with femininity.




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* Aside from Kuwabara, the members of Team Urameshi from ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'' all have a MythicalMotif of a sort.
** The most obvious is Kurama having a connection to {{Kitsune}} as the guy actually ''was'' a kitsune in his former life before being reincarnated into a human. Kurama is quiet, secretive, cunning, and wise, with a feminine nature and appearance.
** Yusuke Urameshi has a [[ThePhoenix Phoenix]] motif, with his spirit animal being a phoenix and his BattleAura taking the shape of one when he decides to let loose. Yusuke first acquired his powers after dying and coming back to life at the start of the series.
** Hiei has a Dragon motif, with his attacks being named after dragons or to outright ''summon'' a dragon and throw it at his enemy. Oddly for a show so steeped in Eastern myth, his particular flavor of dragon is strictly Western; brooding, solitary, violent, and burning everything in its path. Hiei fits the motif like a glove.
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* '''[[HydraProblem Hydra]]''': Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place.[[note]](The plebeians in ''{{Coriolanus}}'' are called a Hydra.)[[/note]]

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* '''[[HydraProblem Hydra]]''': Many headed creature, where if you cut off one head, two more grow in its place.[[note]](The plebeians in ''{{Coriolanus}}'' ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' are called a Hydra.)[[/note]]
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* The title character of ''Webcomic/DecryptingRita'' has dragons, primarily evident with Rita-1 (who dates Carol-1 in a dragon-like chassis) and Rita-3 (who ''is'' a dragoness).
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* The Dragonmarked Houses in {{Eberron}}.

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* The Dragonmarked Houses in {{Eberron}}.{{Eberron}} all have mythological beasts as their crests.
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* Phoenix from ''Franchise/XMen''. She is a nurturing, subtly powerful figure with a hot temper, and holds untapped power that the others around her cannot quite match or comprehend.

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* Phoenix [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]] from ''Franchise/XMen''. She is a nurturing, subtly powerful figure with a hot temper, and holds untapped power that the others around her cannot quite match or comprehend.
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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', the Unicorn is the symbol of the CoolShip ''White Base''. [[CharsCounterattack Later on in life]], Gundam pilot Amuro Ray adopts it as his own.

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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', the Unicorn is the symbol of the CoolShip ''White Base''. [[CharsCounterattack [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Later on in life]], Gundam pilot Amuro Ray adopts it as his own.
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* Especially common in Mexican Lucha Libre. It's hard to think where else Dark Unicorn and Mermaid Warrior would legitimately connect with crowds without aid of comedy or years of buildup.
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*From ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Satsuki and Ragyou Kiryuuin being associated with dragons, with the Japanese mythology of that being that dragons are perceived to be '''divine''' animals, the which either serve the gods or are gods themselves, especially in the case of Ragyou.
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* '''Basilisk''' and '''[[FeatheredFiend Cockatrice]]''': Two related creatures, often related to a rooster and/or salamander; nobody knows what they look like because [[DeadlyGaze anyone who meets their gaze dies instantly]]

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* '''Basilisk''' and '''[[FeatheredFiend Cockatrice]]''': Two related creatures, often related to a rooster and/or salamander; nobody knows what they look like because [[DeadlyGaze anyone who meets their gaze dies instantly]]instantly]].



* '''[[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]]''': Hideous monsters, causes people to [[TakenForGranite turn to stone]] (from the Medusa myth)

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* '''[[{{Medusa}} Gorgon]]''': Hideous monsters, causes people to [[TakenForGranite turn to stone]] (from the Medusa myth)myth).



* '''{{Ouroboros}}''': A serpent eating its own tail: Infinity, alchemy, death and rebirth; lives at the edge of the world or at [[WorldTree its base]]

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* '''{{Ouroboros}}''': A serpent eating its own tail: Infinity, alchemy, death and rebirth; lives at the edge of the world or at [[WorldTree its base]]base]].
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the Targaryen have a three headed dragon as their coat of arms. The dragon heads represented Aegon, and his sisters, as well as their three dragons. House Stark has direwolf as their sigil, while House Manderly has a Merman. The old Ghiscari Empire had the Harpy as their sigil, the cities of Slaver's Bay kept it as their heritage.

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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the Targaryen have a three headed dragon as their coat of arms. The dragon heads represented Aegon, and his sisters, as well as their three dragons. House Stark has a direwolf as their sigil, while House Manderly has a Merman. The old Ghiscari Empire had the Harpy as their sigil, the cities of Slaver's Bay kept it as their heritage.
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* Vlad and dragons in ''Film/DraculaUntold'', from where he, his clan and his castle take their names.
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the Targaryen have a three headed dragon as their coat of arms. The dragon heads represented Aegon, and his sisters, as well as their three dragons. The old Ghiscari Empire had the Harpy as their sigil, the cities of Slaver's Bay kept it as their heritage.

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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the Targaryen have a three headed dragon as their coat of arms. The dragon heads represented Aegon, and his sisters, as well as their three dragons. House Stark has direwolf as their sigil, while House Manderly has a Merman. The old Ghiscari Empire had the Harpy as their sigil, the cities of Slaver's Bay kept it as their heritage.
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' the Targaryen have a three headed dragon as their coat of arms. The dragon heads represented Aegon, and his sisters, as well as their three dragons. The old Ghiscari Empire had the Harpy as their sigil, the cities of Slaver's Bay kept it as their heritage.
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* The murders in ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' are based of the parts of a Sphinx, the migget-the face of a man, the Sir Thomas the tail of a bull, the American ambassador the wings of an eagle, and the British parliament the body of a lion.
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* '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, {{greed}}y, dangerous. May eat people or [[DragonHoard guard hoards of treasure]].

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* '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''': (Western) Solitary, violent, fire breathing, {{greed}}y, dangerous. May [[ToServeMan eat people people]] or [[DragonHoard guard hoards of treasure]].



* '''Basilisk''' and '''Cockatrice''': Two related creatures, often related to a rooster and/or salamander; nobody knows what they look like because [[DeadlyGaze anyone who meets their gaze dies instantly]]

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* '''Basilisk''' and '''Cockatrice''': '''[[FeatheredFiend Cockatrice]]''': Two related creatures, often related to a rooster and/or salamander; nobody knows what they look like because [[DeadlyGaze anyone who meets their gaze dies instantly]]



* '''Sphinx''': Cunning, mystery, riddles, desires. ''Terribly'' mysterious.

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* '''Sphinx''': '''[[RiddlingSphinx Sphinx]]''': Cunning, mystery, riddles, desires. ''Terribly'' mysterious.
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* ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, the ersatz [[JamesBond SPECTRE]] (who incidentally use the very similar motif of the octopuss), in the MarvelUniverse.

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* ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, the ersatz [[JamesBond [[Film/JamesBond SPECTRE]] (who incidentally use the very similar motif of the octopuss), in the MarvelUniverse.
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** The Thousand Sons, on the other hand, use the Ouroboros to signify their mystical nature.
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** In MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher's Unicorn Gundam has The Unicorn Motif

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** In MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher's Unicorn Gundam has The Unicorn Motifmotif takes center stage again, but in the form of the titular unit of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
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* [[Franchise/XMen Phoenix]]. She is a nurturing, subtly powerful figure with a hot temper, and holds untapped power that the others around her cannot quite match or comprehend.

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* [[Franchise/XMen Phoenix]].Phoenix from ''Franchise/XMen''. She is a nurturing, subtly powerful figure with a hot temper, and holds untapped power that the others around her cannot quite match or comprehend.
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* [[Franchise/XMen Phoenix]]. She is a nurturing, subtly powerful figure with a hot temper, and holds untapped power that the others around her cannot quite match or comprehend.
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* [[FierySalamander Salamander]]

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* [[FierySalamander Salamander]]'''[[FierySalamander Salamander]]'''
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* [[FierySalamander Salamander]]

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