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Dragons are large, serpentine mythical creatures that appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about draconic creatures vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, shelled like dinosaurs. Dragons are powerful symbols and usually represent the ones who rule.
Type: Firedrake Origin: German Myth (linked to Siegfried) Myth : Hurnen Sifrit decided to slay the dragon, and take the treasure that it guarded a hoard of gold. He hid himself in a covered pit, and when Drachenstien passed above it, plunged his sword into the dragon’s unprotected belly. After killing Drachenstein, Hurnen loaded the … Read more
Type: Hydra Origin: In Persianmythology Angra Mainyu, the Father of Lies created the dragon Azhi Dahaki to rid the world of righteousness. Description: This fearsome monster had three heads, three jaws and six eyes; his his body was filled with lizards, scorpions and other foul reptiles. If he weer ever cut open, these venomous creatures … Read more
Dragons often play the role of genius loci, protective spirit of a place that symbolized the wild, untamed world. When man started the development of agriculture, most of the world was covered by a thick, green forest, full of predators. The serpent of Carthage Marcus Atilus Regulus, roman general, was heading with his army … Read more
The Four Lungs Tien-lung , The Celestial Dragon: who protect the sky and palaces of Gods, Shen-Lung, The Spiritual Dragon: who cast the storms and the rain, Ti-Lung , The Earth Dragon which control rivers, and water on the Earth, and Futs-Lung , The Underworld Dragon which guards precious metals and gems. Mang has four … Read more
Dragons are dual creatures that symbolize the unconscious. In dreams they sometimes represent the fear of death. In most magic ritual dragons are used as symbolic doors to other dimensions. A popular figure, the dragon in the center of the labyrinth symbolizes the evil part of the unconscious (shadow). The dragon in the tower The … Read more
In Christian symbolism, the dragon has long been associated with the "serpent of old", the devil, also known as Satan. In the Bible, the dragon was considered as an idol. The story of Daniel shows that Christian faith overcome any beast from hell. After Daniel exposed the idol Bel as a fraud, the king led … Read more
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 a type of bird, showing how similar they are in some instances. It’s possible that in the past exotic birds were mistaken for dragons. As … Read more
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 landscapes, their inhabitants and folk lore. He states that they are monsters or miraculous creatures which could not spring from an ordinary copulation of two … Read more