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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".
Kur, the first ever dragon from ancient Sumer, now present-day Southern Iraq. Persian dragons Azhdaha: A mythical reptilian creature that derives from Persian folklore, a gigantic snake or lizard-like creatures sometimes associated with rains and living in the air, in the sea, or on the earth. [13]
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The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex lines 163–201, [1] describing a shepherd battling a big constricting snake, calls it "serpens" and also "draco", showing that in his time the two words probably could mean the same thing.
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.
The text Hic Sunt Dracones on the Hunt–Lenox Globe, dating from 1504 "Here be dragons" (Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.
Blue-green pigment gum bichromate over platinum print [s 2] The Pond—Moonlight: 1904 Edward Steichen: Mamaroneck, New York, United States Multiple gum bichromate print over platinum Pictorialist hand-colored photograph; only three versions exist. In 2006, a print became the most expensive photo sold. [30] [31] [s 3] An Oasis in the Badlands: 1905