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    A balaur (pl. balauri) in Romanian folklore is a type of many-headed dragon or monstrous serpent, sometimes said to be equipped with wings. The number...
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    Balaur is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, in what is now Romania. It is the type species of the monotypic genus Balaur, after...
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  • Scholomonar) is a wizard believed in Romanian folklore to ride a dragon (zmeu or a balaur) and control the weather, causing rain, thunder, or hailstorm. They are...
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    zmei has also been conflated with or confused with the dracu or with the balaur type dragon. Most scholars agree that the Romanian term zmeu derives from...
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    it is common that all the sons of a king try to defeat the Zmeu or the Balaur, the older sons failing before the younger one succeeds. Făt-Frumos has...
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    size and reduced capacity for flight, Balaur bondoc appears to have secondarily lost its capacity for flight. Balaur is currently believed to be a basal...
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  • Ionuț Balaur (born 6 June 1989) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga III club Unirea Alba Iulia. Balaur was the only player of...
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  • failed. When the Balaur arrived at the Tower of Eternity, a commotion broke out, killing a Balaurian captain; the remaining Balaur, enraged, marched...
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  • sunlight for the seven-year duration of their study. The dragon (zmeu or balaur) was kept submerged in a mountaintop lake, south of Sibiu, according to...
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    Prahova county, Romania. The body of the standard, depicting a dragon-like balaur or a large snake, was seen by the Dacians as a manifestation of the sky...
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