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Author: | Jade88 [ Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:01 pm ] |
Post subject: | Chinese Dragons |
Anyone want to know about chinese dragons, or what they mean to he chinese |
Author: | Jadrian DragonFreind [ Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:07 pm ] |
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You mean Easterns....they are the only dragons that have earned Western dragons resoect, so i guess they're ok, but Western dragons rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Author: | Jade88 [ Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:41 pm ] |
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What do you think about drakes |
Author: | vampirehunter42 [ Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:38 pm ] |
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Here is a good site for things like that. And it has links to info also. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon and for drake, it is just part of the "word morphing" we do to things. It is still dragon. Quote: In European mythology, a dragon is a serpent-like legendary creature. The Latin word draco, as in the constellation Draco, comes directly from Greek δράκων, drákōn. The word for dragon in Germanic mythology and its descendants is worm (Old English: wyrm, Old High German: wurm, Old Norse: ormr), meaning snake or serpent. In Old English wyrm means "serpent", draca means "dragon". Though a winged creature, the dragon is generally to be found in its underground lair, a cave that identifies it as an ancient creature of earth, like the mythic serpent, that was a source of knowledge even in Eden. Likely, the dragons of European and Mid Eastern mythology stem from the cult of snakes found in religions throughout the world.
from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dragon |
Author: | Jade88 [ Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:48 pm ] |
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nice |
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