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Dragons are mythological creatures which some people say were inspired by the reality of dinosaurs.
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All About Dragons
The dragon is a mythological creature, with stories about them found in cultures around the world.Dragons are sometimes described as having the scales and body of a snake, large wings, a beard and whiskers and able to breath fire. They can be very snake-like, or more like large, winged dinosaurs. Sometimes they have two legs, sometimes four and sometimes they have no legs.
Many modern day reptiles, especially lizards, look like miniature dragons or dinosaurs even. Did the myths about dragons come from primitive man encountering descendents of dinosaurs?
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Books About Dragons
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Dragon Links
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- D.R.A.G.O.N.S.
- The science of draconology, or the study of dragons, is focus here, with reasonably scholarly articles, vivid pictures and a collection of Web links serving to introduce visitors to the legendary creatures.
- Animal Planet :: Dragons
- Animal Planet brings a fantasy to life. Watch Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real.
- Here Be Dragons
- In mythology, a dragon is described as a large beast having the scales and tail of a snake, the claws and beard of a lion, wings and able to breathe fire. Be careful, here be Dragons!
- Dragons in Ancient China
- Dragons originates in ancient China, and are now in folklores of many lands. This site shows only authentic graphics an collections from museums.
- History and Information
- Among the oldest of mythological creatures, dragons appear in the traditions of virtually all peoples back to the beginning of time. Because of this widespread adoption, the dragon appears in numerous forms, and local traditions have been created around many of them, crediting this tribe of monsters with many attributes. In their earliest form, dragons were associated with the Great Mother, the water god and the warrior sun god. In these capacities they had the power to be both beneficient and destructive and were all-powerful creatures in the universe.
- Of Dragon History
- Dragons have been a part of myth and stories as long as time has been. They are a part of most fairy tales as well and stories of Knights fighting Dragons abound through the ages.
Dragons in Art and Real Life
dragon photo gallery
Statue of the dragon, symbol of the City of London
El drag%uFFFDn ha perdido la perla y la busca por las calles de Valencia
Dragon Dance on the first of Lunar New Year. Taken by Nguyen Trung
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Sea Dragons, Florida Aquarium, Tampa
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The Celestial Chinese Dragon is comparable as the symbol of the Chinese race its...
I'm think the title of this painting was "Dragon Fantasy" but ...
Dragon sculpture that greets you as you arrive on Sentosa Island, a resort secti...
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Dragons Fit For Babies!
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dragon blogs
- The Origins of Dragon Mythology
- I just read some stuff I wrote in 10th grade and I found this idea about dragon mythology. I remembe...
- Dragons Lair
- What is a Dragon? - Here Be Dragons! Draconian.com Here Be Dragons offers dragon pictures, history o...
- The First Dragon
- The second version of the slaying-of-the-dragon myth can be found in "The Feats and Exploits of Ninu...
- All's well, that ends well. We have now come to the ending of ...
- A vengeance that has been reined for millennia is unleashed, and no dragon will escape its fury. Thi...
