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Long Ma (Chinese)

Longma 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. A dragon horse is the vital spirit of Heaven and Earth. As a being its shape consists of a horse's body, yet it has dragon scales. Therefore it is called 'dragon horse'.

Its height is eight ch'ih five ts'un. A true dragon horse has wings at its sides and walks upon the water without sinking. The Chinese word longma combines long "dragon" and ma "horse". In addition to naming the mythic creature, longma "dragon horse" can refer to an eminent person.