the original pete's dragon was made in 1977.
when was the original pete's dragon made?
1977
in 1977, pete healy, a five-year-old boy, is on a road trip with his parents when their car flips off the road following a near-collision with a deer. pete’s mom and dad are killed, but pete survives the accident and is chased into the forest by a pack of wolves. he is rescued by a huge dragon with green fur, yellow eyes, and wings. the dragon quickly bonds with pete and becomes protective of the boy. pete names the dragon "elliot" after the character of a lost puppy from his favorite book.
pete's dragon (2016 film)
yinglong representations were anciently used in rain-magic ceremonies, where eberhard (1968:247-248) says, "the most important animal is always a dragon made of clay". besides controlling rain and drought, the yinglong responsive dragon did something else: "with his tail he drew lines in the earth and thus created the rivers … in other words, the dragon made the waterways – the most important thing for all cultivators of rice.









































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bullet::::- birrell, anne, tr. 2000. "the classic of mountains and seas". penguin.









































bullet::::- carr, michael. 1990. "chinese dragon names", "linguistics of the tibeto-burman area" 13.2:87-189.
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