Zmey - The Terrible Dragon of Slavic Mythology 

King ghidorah is supposed to be a reference to Yamata no Orochi but the design is based on the zmey

One of the most intriguing dragons in mythology for sure. 🐉🐲

In our Polish language he is called ,,żmij" which resembles our other Word ,,żmija" which means the Viper while dragon in our country is called by the Word ,,smok".

I don't think Zmey/balaur is too bad when it the origin story of King Ghidorah. Plus the zmeu are anthropomorphic dragons that scalys, TTRPG and anime love so much.

It's Zmej Gorinich. Zmej just means _'snake'._ This dragon is closely tied to the rest of Slavic folklore. Including Baba Yaga, the Three Bogoturs (strongmen/knights), Koshchej the Immortal, Vaselisa Prekrasnaja (Vaselisa the beautiful, the damsel the three Bogoturs are always rescuing from Zmej Gorinich and Koschej) as well as other mythical figures. A very rich folk tapestry here indeed.

Zmaj is dragon and kite in Serbian language 🐉 🪁

Who doesn’t like the stories of great stories of desire and hunger

King Ghidorah

King Ghidorah: WHAT ! Who Are You ? Zmey: I'm You

Will you do the wyvern, drake, zilant, wyrm and lindwyrm? I wanna know their history too

Yay for the zmey!

This guy is the inspiration for King Ghidorah.

cool video

The Deadly Mantis vs. Zmey, that's be great battle!

💛 all your videos mate👍

I wonder if having three heads means that they can transform into three different people. Cool video 👏🏻

Thanks for the video

Absolutely Awesome Video!

So this is where the inspiration for House Targaryen's sigel came from.

yeayy please keep doing Slavic, Celtic, Nordic, Egyptian, Yoruba, Hindu, Japanese, and Chinese mythology. and Native American too if you can

Interesting.

In Roman Mythology they apparently have a creature called a "Zmeu"(plural "Zmei"), which is often depucted an an Anthropomorphic Dragon, I wonder if the Zmey is somehow connected with the Zmeu?

Z’mey is not pronounced as Z’mey, but Zmey.. and it means “snake” in direct translation from Russian (or other similar Slavic languages).. Dobrinya Nikitich comes from Dobrinya meaning “good” or “goodness” and Nikitich is a typical name coming from Nikita, which is used widely in Russia but also often used by the people with Asian Russian ethnicity, coming from the East.. just for info. There’s also some very interesting versions of how different people’s heroes, like Nikitich and other, use different tricks like riddles but also lying or luring the dragon into disadvantageous situations.. I think the Slavic culture is a transition between the Germanic, the Asian (Chinese and Japanese and Korean) and wider European dragon myths..

Summoning three Blue - Eyes White Dragons - *Seto Kaiba* from across the ocean shouting " Blue - Eyes Ultimate Dragon"!!

The Bogatir Dobrybya Nikitich was one of the 3 best Bogatirs. Along whit Iliya Muromets and Alyosha Popovich.

In Russian Legends and Poem of Kiev, dragon-slayer Dobrynya appears. Their summon Noble Phantasm is based on her.

Yes it's Zmej in Slovenia and Gorinich is in like Zmaj in Hungary❤❤❤❤❤

The are basically if King Ghidorah married and had kids with a female hydra. I think King Ghidorah must have a pretty good family life if you ask me.

My guess: In the MonsterVerse, the Zmey was one of the many names of King Ghidorah.

in romanian is called zmeu

Never did see a story go well when people start to mate with beasts.......

Could this dragon be the inspiration to king Ghidorah

DRAGONS ARE INDEED ONE OF THE MESMERISING CREATURES❤

In human form, they can have children with human woman whom give birth to powerful half breeds. Their children are usually born with dragon features like wings, horns, and tails. They have long periods of deep sleep and can take on powerful elemental forms to protect their homes and loved ones.

How much do you know about the Mayan god of mischief?

First don't Zmey is Zmaj and thay mey have two,three or seven head and four wings in Croatia and Slovenia Zmajcek is protector of Zagreb and Ljubljana hy from Ivan from Croatia ❤❤❤❤

It's Zmaj,not Zmey,otherwise decent video

Nothing bad happened in the movie “I Am Dragon”. 🐉

Huh, Ghidorah traded one of their tails for a pair of arms.

Zmey (Smaug)

King ghidorah

We have already Fate Grand Order is Dobrynya Nkitich not genderbend her design is her wife Nastasia and his riding dragon was a husband Dobrynya a hero with dragon slayer by Zmei Gorynych in stroy part of Russian Legends and Poem of Kiev and that’s why using reference summon Noble Phantasm in game.

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Secondest = 2ndest

Oh yeah... Zmey Gorynych + Yamata no Orochi = King Ghidorah.

It pronounces Zmaj Also isnt a word Zmaj just a slavic translation for a dragon? Still decent video

Here comes the FGO players

Zmey is not a dragon! It's more like a winged serpent! In Slavic mythology, Zmeys and Dragons are two different families, mortal enemies and opposites! Dragons are connected to the earth elemental and darkness, Zmey are connected to the air elemental and light. Zmey have an even number of heads, dragons have an odd number of heads. Dragons are heavily armored and massive, Zmeys are light and agile. Dragons have 1 or 2 pairs of small bat wings, Zmey have 3 to 5 pairs of feather wings!

hail hydra

Змей Горыныч

I'm actually part Croatian and I prefer the Norse mythology to its Slavic ripoff.

Zmaj ili aždaja su često glavni negativci u slovenskim bajkama.

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Fun fact: the great hero Dobrynya nikitich has arrived in FGO, a famous mobile game which turn out to be a female cat ear girl, the twist is it's Dobrynya's wife and the 3 heads dragon also friendly AF