History of Magical Creatures-Dragons

 

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone, I know you are just as excited as I am to read today's article. As said in the previous article we have a huge surprise for todays article. Which is...Dragons! Today I want to talk to you about the history of mythical creatures, and todays theme is Dragons!

 

Let's go into some of the history of dragons, while beliefs about dragons vary through regions, they are all seen as various different creatures that depend on where you are. For example: In Westurn caltures dragons are seen as having wings, horns, and can even breath fire! But in Eastern cultures they are usually seen as being wingless, four-legged, and well...Look more like a mix of reptilians, and avian features.

 

Did you know that the origional name for dragon comes from the word Draco, which is Latin for "Huge serpent" However, this also portrays to any great surpent and not just dragons.

 

Dragons come from the mesopotamian myths, and while they are different, they all 'mostly' had the same depiction of what dragons are and look like.

 

But throughout centuries dragons have appeared in art, mythology and folklore in many cultures and civilization in history.

 

Some of the earliest depictions of dragons are seen as giant snakes. Particularly in art and liturature, where dragon-like creatures were described in the Epic of Creation, and the Enuma Elish.

 

In ancient Egyptian mythology they called a giant serpent creature Apep or Apophis, who is said to reside in the realm of the dead OR below the horizen.

 

It's said that in the Enigmatic Book ogf the Netherworld, which was a text found in the tomb of tutankhamun depicts the ouroboros, which is an ancient symbol that shows a serpent eating its own tail. This symbol stayed into the Roman times where it was on magical tailismans, sometimes with other magical emblems.

 

This being said, unfortunately for us there are some very important dragons, we have the Hungarian Horntail, and Chinese Fireball Dragon, and even the Common Welsh Green! I know there are some really good history on dragons. However, nothing beats the Common Welsh Green.

See you next time for another really good article!

Written by

Anna Rains