legendary monster who can fly and fire incinerating all living things, custodians and holders of vast treasures sharp mind - these dragons appear in the legends and fairy tales.There are no people in the mythology that does not occur to stories about these giant monsters.Many still believe that dragons exist now or lived before.Description of these creatures is almost the same for people living on different continents.This fact suggests that when our ancestors saw the dragons live and impressions from these meetings will remain forever in the myths, legends and fairy tales.Were there dragons in the world?Try to understand.
Who are they?
with a precise definition of these creatures there are difficulties.Dragon - a collective name.Each country has individual ideas about this mythical beast.The most widespread image of the dragon was in the mythology and folklore, horoscopes and fantasy.
Except for some differences, the appearance of a giant monster looks like this: trunk reptile with body parts of other animals.Often the dragon has wings and can fly and spewing deadly fire.
dragon and snake
There is a confusion between the two mythical animals.A small part of researchers believe that the dragon and snake - is a different creature.The image of a snake found in Slavic texts from the IX century, the Bible and the works of folklore.By the XIX century the word "dragon" became common.Now it is believed that these two concepts refer to the same thing.
favorite character myths and fairy tales
Were there dragons in the distant past?At the sight of the diversity of cultures of different nations thought involuntarily arises.
Dragon - an indispensable element of any country's mythology.It can be a vicious and insidious monster, sowing death and destruction, or to stand in the way of the wise creatures.Very common is the myth of the dragon as a keeper of fabulous treasures and beautiful girls kidnapper.
Dragon - one of the brightest characters in the Slavic fairy tales and mythology.Here he is deprived of the image and a hint of attraction or wisdom.He - the main evil Slavic myths.
it all began
myths about dragons arose a very long time.It is believed that the first time the image came from the Sumerians more than five thousand years ago.Then it spread to Egypt, Greece and other countries in Europe and the East.How to form the image?And whether there were dragons in fact?There is a version that the spring creeping out from under the ground after hibernation snakes led to the emergence of the first people in the ancient myth of the unusual creature.
According to another version, these creatures - ancient dinosaurs, whose memory is preserved in a fabulous manner.Opponents of this theory point out that the first humans appeared much later than the time when the dinosaurs lived.
There is also speculation that dragons once upon a time were a separate species of animals, but became extinct due to the small number of its population.
Varieties dragons
Were there really dragons?Judging by the abundance of species, described in various myths and folklore of many countries, it seems that sometime in the past, people did encounter with these creatures.To conduct their classification extremely difficult.In general, everything about this fantastic character, very confusing.Each country has its own description.Also, sometimes it is not clear which of the mythical animal can be attributed to the dragons.Conventionally, they are divided into the following types:
1. lindworm - winged snake with two legs and poisonous saliva.This type of carry Farfnira - the famous monster of the Scandinavian sagas.He crawled on his belly.With this kind of dragons there is confusion, as some legends lindworm wingless and may have not two, but four paws.
2. Guivry .He has no legs and wings.The head is massive, horned.
3. Classic or heraldic dragon. has four legs and wings.
4. Wyvern .It has two legs, wings and tail spikes.The fire can not breathe.
5. Amfipter - a winged dragon with rudimentary limbs that are not used.
6. Dragons Eastern countries - Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
Conditionally dragons can be attributed to the monsters of Greek mythology - the serpent Python and the Lernaean Hydra.
who study them?
Periodically, there are reports that in different parts of the world have seen or caught mysterious creatures.Search and study the animals that are considered extinct or fictional, is engaged in the science cryptozoology.It is not among the academic disciplines, zoology, and the official said it pseudoscience.For cryptozoologists response to a question about whether there were dragons, simple and straightforward.They believe that if not today, then in the past, people did live near the dragons, the memory of which has reached us in the form of myths and fairy tales.
Night Fury - fiction or reality?
After the release of the animated film "How to Train Your Dragon", many are interested in the question of whether there is a Night Fury dragon, really?Unfortunately, this character - pure fiction filmmakers.It has memorable characters: a dark, almost black color of eight appendages on his head, playing the role of the ears (so these creatures have a very delicate ears), and the ability to breathe is not just the fire, and a clot blue flame.Night Fury is unique among mythical dragons.
Are dragons real?And where they can be seen?
On the question of whether there is now the dragons, we can confidently answer in the affirmative.Of course, while we bear in mind the modern animals that received this honorary title.The closest modern fauna is a mythical dragon Komodo dragon, or the dragon Komodo Island.Predator weight of 150 kilograms and a body length of about 3 meters looks very reminiscent of legendary monsters.
flying serpent - even some representatives of the lizards of the genus Agamova who wear that famous name.On the sides they are leather folds by which air can schedule.For this feature lizards and got its name.
Sea Dragon - kind of predatory fish.It has spiked poisonous glands, an injection which can be deadly to humans.
