Note 42 — Chapter V · Chinese Dragon Lore
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The all-absorbing dragon appears even as a vampire. A tiger-headed dragon with the body of a snake seizes human beings, covers them with saliva, and sucks blood from under their armpits. “No blood is left when they stop sucking.”42 In Japanese legends dragons as white eels draw blood from the legs of horses that enter a river.43 Evil or sick dragons send bad rain.