Thunder Dragon

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Thunder Dragon is the English rendering of "Druk," the mythical dragon symbol central to Bhutanese national identity and its Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thunder Dragon canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dragon ⓘ
mythical creature ⓘ
national symbol ⓘ
appearsOn flag of Bhutan ⓘ
national emblem of Bhutan ⓘ
associatedTerm Druk Gyalpo ⓘ
Druk Yul ⓘ
linked to: Druk

Land of the Thunder Dragon ⓘ
associatedWithConcept auspiciousness ⓘ
spiritual protection ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Wangchuck dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Wangchuck
associatedWithRegion Himalayas ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Drukpa Kagyu ⓘ
associatedWithWeather thunderstorms ⓘ
centralTo Bhutanese national identity ⓘ
colorVariant white dragon ⓘ
countryAssociatedWith Bhutan ⓘ
depictedAs dragon roaring thunder ⓘ
etymologyOf Druk Yul ⓘ
linked to: Druk
hasNameInDzongkha Druk ⓘ
holdsInClaws jewels ⓘ
influences Bhutanese architecture ⓘ
Bhutanese art ⓘ
Bhutanese state symbolism ⓘ
languageContext Dzongkha ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
mythologicalOrigin Himalayan Buddhist mythology ⓘ
religionAssociatedWith Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana
symbolizes divine power ⓘ
enlightened speech ⓘ
protection of Bhutan ⓘ
purity ⓘ
security of the nation ⓘ
sovereign power of Bhutan ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
symbolOf Bhutan ⓘ
Bhutanese monarchy ⓘ
Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Drukpa lineage ⓘ
usedIn Bhutanese banknotes ⓘ
Bhutanese coins ⓘ
Bhutanese government insignia ⓘ
Bhutanese military insignia ⓘ
usedInTitle Druk Gyalpo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Druk → hasTitle → Thunder Dragon ⓘ
subject linked to: druk (thunder dragon)
Druk → otherName → Thunder Dragon ⓘ