A Dragon Definition by Joni

[Dept of PMM Artists & things]

There are many various references to Dragons in ancient
texts from the Christian Bible, to a prophetic poem
written in the 15th century. According to ancient
mythology these Dragons were serpents, could fly, breath
fire, had horns, a tail, were usually Red, Green, or
White, and they live in caves in the ground.
The Christian Bible says that The Dragon was cast out of
the Heavens (sky) to Earth. It also says that The Dragon
will cause a great flood, that the woman has to run to
the mountains to flee from.
Once you know what a Dragon really is, Revelations
starts to make a whole lot more sense.
So…what exactly are Dragons?

The Christian Bible tells us in Revelations 12:9 in
plain terms that The Devil, AKA Satan, is a Dragon.
The two main types of Dragons are European Dragons and
Chinese Dragons, both of which hold fundamental values
in their respective ancient cultures. People feared and
respected these Dragons. Chinese dragons can take on a
human form, and the five-clawed dragon was a symbol of
the Chinese emperors.

The word dragon entered the English language in the
early 13th century from Old French dragon, which in turn
comes from Latin draconem (nominative draco) meaning
“huge serpent, dragon,” from the Greek word δρακων,
drakon (genitive drakontos) “serpent, giant seafish”,
which is believed to have come from an earlier stem
drak-, a stem of derkesthai, “to see clearly,” from
Proto-Indo-European derk- “to see” or “the one with the
(deadly) glance.”

Some legends even speak of the dragons being a comet
from space and this is definitely another additive to
this scenario due to the fact that comets usually
accompany fire.