Benzaitin, Japanese goddess of love and happiness, was sometimes depicted riding a dragon. The magical rowan tree of Irish legend was guarded by a dragon. An unsleeping dragon guarded the Golden Fleece, which Jason and his Argonauts sought. Medea overcame this dragon by sprinkling sleep drops in his eyes. Dragons are usually depicted with wings in the West, while Eastern dragons are generally wingless and move or fly by magical means.
Dragons symbolize yang, the male principal, in Tao.
Imperial dragons, with five claws. The others all have four claws. Celestial dragons, who guard the heavenly abode of dieties 3. Dragon spirits, who rule wind, rain and cause floods 4. Earth dragons, who clear rivers and deepen oceans 5.