Do You believe dragons existed in the past?

Question

No not just Komodos, Salamanders or Anacondas real ones?

I have done some reasearch and found good evidence in history for example - St George and the Dragon, Persious and the kraken, Hecules and the Hydra, lockness monster, Gargoyles the acient Leviathan, Beowolf and Grendel, Chimera- tail of snake, head of an eagle and lion or something and one called Sirrush of babylon.

What do you think, did dragons exist once?
Because even myth has some basis on facts, past events.

Answer 1

I went and married the last one!

Answer 2

not real in the sense of mythological dragons, many of the descriptions when read over sound like some of the creatures that are real today, but very scarce and not often seen, like the description of the Kraken and the example of the giant squid, which was regarded only as a myth until the middle 20th century when samples and specimens became available. No fossil evidence for mythy dragons but fossil bones of dinos would need some similar explanation as dragon.

Answer 3

No, in view that there may be fossils of them, in the event that they did as quickly as exist. No animal as extensive as a dragon ought to fly, relatively with the puny wings with which they're shown. they could no longer breathe fire the two. there is no scientific evidence that dragons ever existed.

Answer 4

No, for the simple reason no-one has ever dug any fossilised dragons up. Undoubtedly dragon myths evolved from seeing creatures like Komodos and digging up the odd Brontosauraus bone.

Answer 5

Hard to say, considering there is no archaeological evidence to prove it. But like you, I've noticed that most every culture has legends involving dragons. Even the Bible, in the book of Job, has a reference to a "fire breathing" dragon. Still, if there had been, it seems as though someone would have uncovered some physical evidence by now.

Answer 6

Komodo dragons are alive in the world today. They can be found in some zoos and also in Indonesia. Check out that link I've posted below

Answer 7

I believe that legends of dragons (and other fanciful beasts) are based on some actual animal or animals, perhaps komodos, large snakes, etc. (anacondas are New World snakes, and the dragon stories came out LONG before Columbis). The unicorn, for instance, probably came from reports of the rhinoceros. The "evidence" you cite is folklore and legend, NOT history. Sorry.

Answer 8

Every culture of man have left Murial's in caves depicting some form of dragon-like beasts.
Even sailors of olden days claimed to see these enormous sea creatures on their travels.
{Water Dragons). The dinosaurs left evidence of bones and we still have small and large reptiles on earth. It is very possible they existed in the mundane plane.
If we had flying dinosaurs, why not dragons?


As of now, dragons may only be limited to the astral planes.
I believe they once existed on Earth.

Answer 9

I completely agree. Also how could so many religions throughout the world, that had little to no contact with other people in various geographic locations have myths about it? I think they have, and lizards evolved from them.

Answer 10

There was a documentary on Animal planet not that long ago in which they actually found the remains of two dragons in the Carpatian mountains.

Answer 11

i think that dragons did exist before. just like you said every story came from some where. who are we to say that they didn't. so i really think so. to bad i can't find an old artifact from back in time. i probably wouldn't know what to do or even knew what i was looking at. but ain't nothing wrong with dreaming............................