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'''Dragons''' in the [[Dragon World]] are magical wish-granting creatures given life primarily by members of the [[Namekian Characters|Namekian]] race, including the first Namekian [[God]] of [[Earth]] and his successor [[Dende]]. The various dragons from the extended ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' lore are detailed below.

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|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-shenlong-anime.png|left|80px|link=Shenlong]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Shenlong]] <small>(神龍)</small>'''
{{Table bio|jp=[[Kenji Utsumi]] (DB/Z/Kai), [[Masaharu Satō]] (DBZ), [[Ryūzaburō Ōtomo]] (Super)|funi=[[Doug Parker]] (DB-BLT), [[Don Brown]] (DBZ-Ocean), [[Christopher Sabat]]|appear=[[Dragon Ball Chapter 1]] / [[Dragon Ball Episode 1]]}}
Shenlong was created by the [[God]] of [[Earth]]. God was unaware at the time that he was descended from the people of [[Planet Namek]] who had their own dragon,<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=214}}</ref> [[Porunga]]. In the beginning, Shenlong only grants one wish, and he cannot grant the same wish twice, meaning no one person can be resurrected twice by Shenlong.<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=198}}</ref> When Shenlong is killed by [[Demon King Piccolo]],<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=148}}</ref> God is able to recreate him using [[Mister Popo]]'s original model.<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=164}}</ref><ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=165}}</ref> After God's death, his successor [[Dende]] recreates Shenlong using the same model and upgrades the number of wishes to three, or two if one of the wishes is a mass resurrection.<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=393}}</ref>{{efn|There is some confusion on this point from [[Akira Toriyama]] himself. After [[Bulma]] uses one wish to resurrect everyone that [[Vegeta]] killed at the [[25th Tenka'ichi Budōkai]], [[Dende]] suggests that two more wishes will be available in four months.<ref>{{Cite manga|Chp=469}}</ref> It is possible that Toriyama thought the number of people killed was small enough that it would not require two wishes. [[Porunga]] during the [[Namek arc]] was only able to resurrect one person per wish, but he could grant three wishes; however Shenlong's limitations might be more nuanced.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F']]'', Shenlong only grants two wishes: the resurrection of [[Freeza]] and one million [[zenni]] for [[Shuu]]. In [[Dragon Ball Super Episode 19]], [[Mai]] also wishes for ice cream, bringing the total to three wishes. This discrepancy has no official explanation.}}
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|valign="top" width="80"|[[File:bio-porunga-anime.png|left|80px|link=Porunga]]
|valign="top"|'''[[Porunga]] <small>(ポルンガ)</small>'''
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