Dragons of Fame

Pai Lung

Titles: The White Dragon
Type/Species: Eastern Dragon
Origin: Chinese Mythology

History: The legend of Pai Lung began on a stormy night. A young girl, answering her home's door, found an elderly man outside in the storm in need of shelter. They allowed him in. When the old man left the next day, the young girl discovered that she had become pregnant. Her parents, enraged by this, threw her out of the house.

When the child was born, it appeared to be just a small, white ball, which she tossed into the ocean. There, this ball became a magnificent white dragon. The girl, terrified and shocked, fainted and never again woke. Other variations of this story say that she was killed in a great storm, after which the white dragon rose into the sky. However, her reputation was not only repaired, but she was revered for being the mother of this magnificent dragon. Pai Lung was the only white Dragon King.

The girl was buried under the foot of a hill, and people asked for favors, pardons, and so forth from that spot. A temple was erected on the summit of this hill, and a tablet is there which records this legend.¹

Physical Description: Pai Lung was a five-toed imperial Chinese dragon, brilliantly white.

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