Verechelen (Chuvash: Вĕреçĕлен (Vĕreśĕlen; IPA: [ʋʲɘrʲɛʑʲɘˈlʲɛn]) or Вӗриҫӗлен, Вӗриҫлен, Вриҫлен, Russian: Вереселень) also known as Chuvash dragons[1] which are winged fire-breathing and shape shifting dragons. The legend originates with the ancestral people of the Chuvashians.[1]