Forum:Digimon Types

I have problem with translation of three Digimon Types: Ankylosaurian, Stegosaur and Mythical Dragon/Beast.

1.Ankylosaurian

[鎧竜型]. Kanji [鎧] means "armor" and [竜] is "dragon". Shouldn't that be "armored dragon" (i saw that translation few times)?

2.Stegosaurus

[剣竜型]. Kanji [剣] means "sword", so shouldn't that be "sworded/bladed dragon"?

3.Mythical

[幻] means "phantom", "illusion", but I see that most recent translations are "mythical".

Please, help me with these as I'm not good with japaneese.


 * I believe the first two are because, in Japanese, the Ankylosauria group of dinosaurs is named 『鎧竜類』 with the last kanji meaning group, and the Stegosauria group is dinosaurs is named 『剣竜類』.


 * The last is a question I asked in Forum:Insect/Insectoid which I still haven't gotten an answer to yet, but it seemed as if the English card game translated 『幻』 as Mythical and I wanted confirmation from everyone as to what we wanted to do. Lanate (talk) 18:20, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that helps out. Final Cannon  Talk 18:42, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Wherever I searched, "genjuu" means "illusionary beast". The same with Dragons. Final Cannon  Talk 19:48, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe "Phantom" would imply more of a cryptid association. However, all of the "Phantom" type Digimon that I know of are pretty much straight from myth, and cryptids are called "Rare Animal" or some such. So, "Mythical" seems to be correct. I'm not real clear on the bios, but isn't the V-series of Dramon considered to be legendary? Glorious  CHAOS!  21:03, November 9, 2009 (UTC)