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Dragons
Dragons are legendary creatures, typically with serpentine or otherwise reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures.
There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other Asian countries.
The traditional European dragon is a large reptilian creature with wings who lives in underground caves filled with treasure. They can breathe fire.
Chinese dragons are more serpentine in shape who possess ...more
There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other Asian countries.
The traditional European dragon is a large reptilian creature with wings who lives in underground caves filled with treasure. They can breathe fire.
Chinese dragons are more serpentine in shape who possess ...more
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If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfibul's head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the g
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― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
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You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs.
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― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
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