A friend pointed out to me that the swords of the knights were carved with pictures of dragons and other ancient animals. What he wanted to know is how did the knights know of these animals. The animals were extinct.
I answered ledgend, but this does not seem the best answer.
I have thought about this and I cannot come up with a better response, which bothers me. Can anyone shed some light on the subject.
2007-09-15 13:48:41 · 4 answers · asked by garrison8857 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Legends is a better answer. Spelled better at least. The Chinese had them too - legends, not dragons.
If the "other" animals were griffins and such, more legends. If they were giant ground sloths and woolly mammoths, someone was a paleontologist.
2007-09-15 13:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People probably came up with dragons after finding dinosaur bones, like from one of the big predators, huge teeth and claws ect. They didn't realize how old these objects were so they just assumed that whatever it was died recently.
Another thing are the footprints, they might have found, nobody back then knew about fossilization. So again they thought that they were recent.
2007-09-15 22:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by gleipnir76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean "pictures of dragons were extinct" there were no dragons, then now or ever, they were legends, forever so, you have to believe that, why should it "bother you"? it's not only the best answer, it's the only answer.
Dragons have been in our history forever. The bones of mastodons, Wholly Mammoths all have been huge and have been mistaken for "Dragons" it's simple.
2007-09-16 07:27:28 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The animals you mentioned are legendary and mythological, not extinct. They were pretty much figments of the artisan's imagination, based on conventions of the time.
And you do understand that King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are legendary fictions, too, right?
2007-09-15 21:26:46 · answer #4 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋