fire breathing dragons
2007-02-21 02:48:10 · 15 answers · asked by keVnJkPi_1427 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
dragons were the result of putting a name to the unexplained (dinosaur bones could only be dragon bones to the ancient ppls minds).... so technically they still exist in our imaginations and myths... real dragons don't exist anymore unless they r very well hidden or even existed in the first place.
2007-02-21 11:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most experts on mythology and folklore argue that legends of dragons are based upon ordinary snakes and similar creatures coupled with common psychological fears amongst disparate groups of humans. Dragons may be mental manifestations representing a conflation of inherent human fears of snakes, wildcats, birds of prey, and including teeth, claws, horns, size, and even venom blending with fear of wildfire. Others believe that the dragon may have had a real-life counterpart from which the various legends arose — typically dinosaurs or other archosaurs are mentioned as a possibility — but there is no physical evidence to support this claim, only alleged sightings collected by cryptozoologists. Some argues that monitor lizards were the basis of some dragon tales and that the breath of the dragon is the fantastic imagery of the steam from the warm Montane Valley monitors emerging from a body of water into the cold air of some Asian locations. Dinosaur and mammalian fossils were occasionally mistaken as the bones of dragons and other mythological creatures — for example, a discovery in 300 BC in Wucheng, Sichuan, China.
2016-05-24 02:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the fire-breathing dragons were hunted to extinction once knights found out how to build fire-proof armor.
2007-02-21 02:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by Rale 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course, The komodo dragon. It is about a 10 foot long monitor lizard.
2007-02-21 23:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way that could be is if the water dragon existed and was some were in the ocean dodging submarines at the very bottom.
we can't cover every mile out there at one time.
but for the most part I'd say no
sorry
2007-02-21 07:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by DRAGON 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. and although I do love dragons and wished they were real, i don't think there really were any real flying and fire breathing dragons. This upsets me...
2007-02-21 02:52:37 · answer #6 · answered by Paul C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's the Komodo Dragon, but it doesn't breathe fire. (It's a lizard.)
I don't think there are any more fire-breathing dragons. :(
2007-02-21 02:53:31 · answer #7 · answered by Kharm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I know of one living in the cave in Julian Alps. He's purple. Breaths fire.
2007-02-21 02:55:21 · answer #8 · answered by tamara_cyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing how there never was, (fire breathing "dragons" are pure fiction) I doubt it.
2007-02-21 02:55:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, they're still around. They're just real good at hiding.
2007-02-21 08:12:53 · answer #10 · answered by all things mystical 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋