![]() Some Naga are capable of using magic powers to transform themselves into humans. They can be wholly human with snakes on their heads or necks, a serpent, or as half-human/half-snake. As a result, they are primarily depicted in three forms. They are divine, or semi-divine deities, or even a semi-divine race of half-human/half-serpent beings that are raised in Patala (a subterranean realm of the universe). Naga, as in Hinduism, takes the form of a great cobra. When Buddhism entered into China, the dragon first came as a Naga. One great example of this can be seen when Buddhism started to spread throughout China during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. ![]() History of the Korean DragonĪs Buddhism started to migrate eastward from India, it started to take on local influences and forms. A dragon and Jijang-bosal (The Bodhisattva of the Afterlife) at Daewonsa Temple in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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