Extinct species
The ethnologists Alexander Haggerty Krappe (“La genese des Mythes“), believe that the dragon myth originated from primitive peoples finding large skeletons of dinosaurs and postulating how they appeared during life.
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Origins of dragons
During the middle ages no one ever would wonder about the origin of dragons. They were thought to have existed from the beginning of the earth. This changed at the turn of modern times.
During the 17th century scientists began to doubt the real existence of dragons, but conceded that fantastic creatures were at least possible. As a consequence “faked” dragons compiled of mummified rays, bats and other parts found their ways into the cabinets of curiosities and early museums as examples of possible but yet undiscovered creatures.
Dragons and animal creatures
Birds Some dragons have very bird-like attributes, such as feathers. Quetzalcoatl the feathered serpent is an example of this. Some dragon myths have alternate versions, in which the dragon is
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Fermentational Putrefaction
Eberhard Werner Happel published in 1691 “Relationes Curisosae”, a collection of curiosities which reports the usual stories from exotic countries, scientific discoveries of various disciplines as well as descriptions of
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The Spermatick Principle
According to Lhwyd´s theory of the "Spermatick Principle" the creation of dragons can be explained by the fecondation of fish’s semen by an eagle or a vulture’s "saline moisture". Water
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