2007-01-19 12:48:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It depends on the culture. Most cultures don't use the word "Dragon," but we call their mythical creatures "dragons" because that is what they look like to us. Case in point - Chinese 'dragons' were originally made up of the different animals represented on tribal banners.
The classical, western idea of the dragon probably came from dinosaur fossils.
2007-01-19 12:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not believe that dragons ever existed. Think about this: dinosaurs roamed the earth for millions of years. Their bones are scattered all the way from North America to Asia. Surely, early mankind (being agrarian-or farmers) would have dug up these prehistoric beasts and not knowing what they were assumed that they were the remnants of a beast whose relatives may still be lurking in the jungle,forest, etc. But then again, I suppose there are real dragons. They call them Komodo Dragons.
2007-01-19 17:25:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anne M W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think they are/were real (although I'd love to be proven wrong!). Many dinosaur and flying reptile fossils can help explain where many stories originate. Komodo Dragons (and the extinct Megalania) with a bite that kills (and probably feels like it burns) also seem to fit a dragon. Dragons seem to be stories based on real animals, but perhaps misconstrued with time.
2007-01-19 15:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm sure that animals that were very similar to dragons existed. I doubt that they breathed fire or anything, but we've all seen drawings of dinosaurs...I imagine stories have been passed down forever.
2007-01-19 12:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by gypzndog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragons were real.
2007-01-22 06:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by allpossible 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were very real. They were just hunted into extinction........... You have to remember..That the passages rights into man hood was slaying a dragon until they no longer existed..........................
2007-01-19 13:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is mention of a dragon in psalms 91. it doesn't describe it though.
2007-01-19 16:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by GoAskAlice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes , i believe the dinosours at some stage before the great flood shared the earth with mankind
2007-01-19 12:57:42 · answer #8 · answered by iammoza 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm.........
2007-01-19 13:54:11 · answer #9 · answered by The Nomad Yokai 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋