[fanart] Ao Kuang and artdump

[purpleicicles]

This week, I realized a dream - I am now the proud owner of a printer/scanner! I've wanted one for years, but have always been too poor to afford one, but even fancy ones like mine now come at pretty low prices. It's an HP Photosmart b110 model and it's gorgeous. One massive upshot of this is that I can now scan stuff pretty soon after actually

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[draiol]

Eeeeeeee baby Goujun! <3333 So cute!

[purpleicicles]

Haha, glad you approve! ;)

[pfmoi]

Ooooh, pretties! Also, I REALLY like your demony guy. He's NICE-looking.

[purpleicicles]

Heee! Oggle him as much as you like, dear! ;)

[randomdiversion]

I'm not sure I get the correlation between the Chinese names for the dragons and the Japanese ones.

Is Ao Jun = Gojun, or is Ao Kuang = Gojun?

[purpleicicles]

(NOTE: I've used @ou@ here to indicate a long 'o', because I can't type them)

Ao Kuang = Goukou (East)
Ao Qin = Goukin (South)
Ao Run = Goushun (North)
Ao Run = Goujun (West)

Annoyingly, both Jun and Shun are 'Run' in Journey to the West. There's other literature out there that gives them different names, but these are the ones I go with.

From wikipedia article @Dragon King':

The Dragon Kings are:

Dragon of the East: Ao Guang (敖廣)
Dragon of the South: Ao Qin (敖欽)
Dragon of the West: Ao Run (敖閏)
Dragon of the North: Ao Shun (敖順)

Hope that helps!

[cornerofmadness]

so cute. love baby Gojun

[purpleicicles]

Ahh, thank you!

[randomdiversion]

She's good with the Ao family...

[purpleicicles]

*glows* ^///////^ Thank you! ♥

[randomdiversion]

Maybe you can ask Kuang if he got in another tiff with Goku over Nyoi-bou, what with that tsunami and all...

(my sketchy knowledge of the original myths makes me think some might have been folk-explanations of tsunamis and other mysterious ocean pranks...)

[purpleicicles]

Yes, or dragons loosing their temper - that can cause floods, tsunami etc. That's why they need to be placated with offerings and gifts to keep them happy :)