There are various dragons in the west who look like us, though! Maybe itās worth a refresher.
āCatalan dragons are serpent-like creatures with two legs (rarely four) and, sometimes, a pair of wings. Their faces can resemble that of other animals, like lions or cattle. They have a burning breath. Their breath is also poisonous, the reason by which dracs are able to rot everything with their stench. A vĆbria is a female dragon.ā
āLindworms are serpent-like dragons with either two or no legs. In Nordic and Germanic heraldry, the lindworm looks the same as a wyvern. The dragon Fafnir was a lindworm.ā (art source)
āThe worm hill dragon - 700 AD the Anglo-Saxons settled and called it āWrueneleā this translates as āWruenā worm, reptile or dragon and āeleā hill. According to local folklore the hill at Knotlow (Derbyshire) was the lair of a dragon and the terraces around it were made by the coils of its tail. Knotlow is an ancient volcanic vent and this may explain the myth.ā
āThe Lambton worm -Ā The legend says that it curled around Worm Hill near Fatfield in northeast England, would eat livestock and children, and was killed during the time of the Crusades by a Sir John Lambton.ā
āA giant winged snake, which is in fact a full-grown zomok. It often serves as flying mount of the garabonciĆ”s (a kind of magician). The sĆ”rkĆ”nykĆgyó rules over storms and bad weather.ā <ā bonus points for sharing an elemental trait
āThe Vishap is a dragon in Armenian mythology closely associated with water, similar to the Leviathan. It is usually depicted as a winged snake or with a combination of elements from different animals.ā
āIn Asturias and León mythology the CuĆ©lebres are giant winged serpents, which live in caves where they guard treasures and kidnapped xanas. They can live for centuries and, when they grow really old, they use their wings to fly. Their breath is poisonous and they often kill cattle to eat.ā
āIn the Albanian mythology Bolla (also known as Bullar in South Albania), is a type of serpentic dragon (or a demonic dragon-like creature) with a long, coiled, serpentine body, four legs and small wings in ancient Albanian folklore.ā
Probably the only thing these dragons donāt share with us are the distinctive beards and whiskers, but even we donāt always have those, so I think itās unwise to describe oneself as an Asian dragon based on superficial things alone.