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===Origin===
===Origin===
Hydreigon is based on {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}. It may also incorporate elements of {{wp|Lernaean Hydra|hydra}}s, {{wp|Slavic dragon}}s and the {{wp|kaiju}} {{wp|King Ghidorah}}.
Hydreigon is based on {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}. It may also incorporate elements of {{wp|Lernaean Hydra|hydra}}s, {{wp|Slavic dragon}}s and the {{wp|kaiju}} {{wp|King Ghidorah}}, the latter also being based on Yamata no Orochi and having only three heads.


Originally, according to interviews with [[Ken Sugimori]] in ''Nintendo Dream'', Hydreigon and its pre-evolutions were intended to be cybernetic dragons incorporating aspects of tanks within their bodies before being redesigned around the theme of {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}. The tank track-like markings on Hydreigon's body are a remnant of this design.
Originally, according to interviews with [[Ken Sugimori]] in ''Nintendo Dream'', Hydreigon and its pre-evolutions were intended to be cybernetic dragons incorporating aspects of tanks within their bodies before being redesigned around the theme of {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}. The tank track-like markings on Hydreigon's body are a remnant of this design. Furthermore, although Yamata no Orochi typically has eight heads in mythology, Hydreigon was drawn with a fewer number of heads in order to appear less confusing.


====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Hydreigon may be a combination of ''{{wp|Lernaean Hydra|hydra}}'', ''drei'' (German for ''three''), and ''dragon''.  
Hydreigon may be a combination of ''{{wp|Lernaean Hydra|hydra}}'', ''drei'' (German for ''three''), and ''dragon''.  


Sazandora may be a combination of 三 ''san'' (three) and ''dragon'' or ''hydra''. ''Dora'' may also derive from ''{{wp|King Ghidorah}}'', another three-headed dragon based on the {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}.
Sazandora may be a combination of 三 ''san'' (three) and ''dragon'' or ''hydra''. ''Dora'' may also derive from ''{{wp|King Ghidorah}}''.


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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