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The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.
A water dragon youkai in Japanese mythology. Tatsu: Dragon of Japanese mythology, and the master of the water, like the Ryu. Orochi: the eight-headed serpent slain by Susanoo in Japanese mythology. Kuraokami: A Japanese dragon and a deity of rain and snow. Ryū: Similar to Chinese dragons, with three claws instead of four. They are usually ...
An Instinct for Dragons is a book by University of Central Florida anthropologist David E. Jones, in which he seeks to explain the universality of dragon images in the folklore of human societies. In the introduction, Jones conducts a survey of dragon myths from cultures around the world and argues that certain aspects of dragons or dragon-like ...
An early appearance of the Old English word dracan (oblique singular of draca) in Beowulf [1]. The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which, in turn, comes from Latin draco (genitive draconis), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent".
Ušumgallu or Ushumgallu [2] (Sumerian: 𒁔 𒃲 ušum.gal, "Great Dragon") [5] was one of the three horned snakes in Akkadian mythology, along with the Bašmu and Mušmaḫḫū. Usually described as a lion-dragon demon, [1] it has been somewhat speculatively identified with the four-legged, winged dragon of the late 3rd millennium BCE.
It presents the research and findings of Dr. Ernest Drake on the dragons of the world, their biology, behavior, and history of their interactions with humans. The book is lavishly illustrated and contains a number of smaller, additional texts and tactile ‘specimens’ such as dragon scales, dragon wing membrane, and dragon dust. [2]
Urnes-style runestone U 887, Skillsta, Sweden, showing a runic dragon and a bipedal winged dragon.. Worms, wurms or wyrms (Old English: wyrm, Old Norse: ormʀ, ormr, Old High German: wurm), meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons (Old English: dracan, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large ...
The dragon guarding the golden fleece, as in Apollonius's Argonautica. This is a list of dragons in literature. For fictional dragons in other media, see the list of dragons in popular culture. For dragons from legends and mythology, see the list of dragons in mythology and folklore.