2007-07-17 18:35:45 · 6 answers · asked by a e 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Cinthia is very much correct. However, she left out one of the most important things about them. Dragons are said to have been around the Dark Ages when evil sorcerers would use them to wreak havoc on the land. Dragons are closely linked to the well known pterodactyl, and in some cases they both are said to be the same thing with the exception that dragons breathe fire and pterodactyls do not.
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2007-07-17 19:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by karate09 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragons are commonly portrayed as serpentine or reptilian, hatching from eggs and possessing extremely large, typically scaly, bodies; they are sometimes portrayed as having large eyes, a feature that is the origin for the word for dragon in many cultures, and are often (but not always) portrayed with wings and a fiery breath. Some dragons do not have wings at all, but look more like long snakes. Dragons can have a variable number of legs: none, two, four, or more when it comes to early European literature. Modern depictions of dragons are very large in size, but some early European depictions of dragons were only the size of bears, or, in some cases, even smaller, around the size of a butterfly.
2007-07-18 02:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by lost_soul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dragon is a fictional creature. They originated from the findings of dinosaur bones. At that time in history dinosaurs were not known to have ever existed so dragons were created to explain the findings.
Dragon lore grew to include flight and breathing fire. All things that mankind feared.
2007-07-18 01:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragon is a mythical creature that appears in many different cultures. Like the serpent, it can represent both wisdom and evil or chaos. Esoterically and mythically, it often represents the primoridal energy or chaos--or forbidden wisdom--that needs to be harnessed and controlled. for the evolution of mankind or man's soul. For this reason we see a motif in mythology whereby a hero encounters and slays a dragon or dragon-like monster. (For example: Hercules slaying the dragon Ladon in the Garden of Hesperides or Perseus slaying the sea monster Cetus and rescuing Andromeda , and Jason slaying a dragon guarding the Golden Fleece in Greek myth and Marduk slaying the sea monster/goddess Tiamat in the Babylonian myth of Gilgamesh).
2007-07-18 13:28:38 · answer #4 · answered by philosophyangel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragons are mythical creatures often portrayed as large reptilian/serpentine with wings and legs. Like reptiles, they hatch from eggs. Often they are portrayed as having some kind of breathe weapon - usually fire.
2007-07-18 01:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Cinthia Round house kicking VT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they r real but they were pushed away to another dimention because of humans..it breaths fire(some) and can fly(again some can).u can lok it up on google u will get lots of things on them...
2007-07-18 16:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋