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Dragons have been around for a very long time. I belive in dragons. Even to day I believe they exitect. Why don't we see them. Well I think, they don't want to be seen. They are very magical creaters and should be respected for their wisdom.
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THE ANCIENT BOOK OF 'DRAGON'
Dragon Mythology:
The dragon myths to the ancient near east and Asia are the oldest in the world. This mythic tradition also contributed to the religious traditions evident in the Bible. Where Yahweh whose enemy is the rival deity Baal is also described as the vanquisher of Leviathan [Job:41:, Psalms: 74:, and Isaiah: 27:]. Though the Marduk and Ti'amat myth was discovered in cuneiform texts dating from the time of Ahurbanipal [668-630 BCE]. the story itself was probably composed about 1100 BCE from material from early in the second millennium. and it also has affinities with biblical traditions.
Dragons As Symbols:
The precise relationship between these and other dragon myths from the earliest established with precision. But the similarities between them stand out clearly: in many of the earliest myths, The dragon is a force associated with bodies of water and symbolic of darkness, disorder and death. A god fights and defeat the dragon eliminating a source of chaos and sometimes releasing benevolent water from the benefit of mankind.
Chinese dragon mythology seems to stand apart from the Near Eastern tradition which, with its dragon slaying divine hero seems closer to Greek myths and later European ones. Asian dragons tend to symbolize positive values cherished by indigenous Chinese, Japanese, Korean and related cultures. In mythic terms. Asian dragons typically do not perform the crucial narrative role of antagonist against divine, semi-divine, or human heroic combatants. Instead. they symbolize divine benevolence or protective imperial power associated with the life giviing force of water in its various natural forms: rain, rivers, lakes, and oceans
"THE CHINESE DRAGONS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES: THE NATIVE CHINESE [ PRE-BUDDHISTIC] DRAGONS AND THE NAGAS, IMPORTED WITH BUDDHISM FROM INDIA. THE CHINESE DRAGONS ARE IN GENERAL BENEVOLENT AND BENEFICENT DEITIES, WHO SEND RAIN AND BRING GOOD CROPS....LIKE ZEUS OR BAAL, THEY BRING BOTH GOOD AND BAD WATHER.FOR THE GOD, WE SHOULD NOT FORGET, CAN SEND BOTH GOOD AND EVIL UPON MOTAL MEN"
DRAGONS' BONES:
many high mountains----
especially those wrapped
in clouds or mist----are
Believed to Have Dragons'
bones buried beneath them;
Determination of feng-shui
Has much to do with their
Location and Orientation.
and the Rulers of imperial
China saw to it that their
subjects did not settle on
these auspicious sites
But claimed them
for themselves.
DRAGONS DEAFNESS AND SHARP EYESIGHT
just as the greek origin of
the world "Dragon" suggests
the sharp eyesight of
western dragons, chinese
Dragons too are noted for
the keeness of their powers
of vision, though they often
have prominent ears, chinese
dragons are deaf; but this
feature is compensated for by
such sharp vision. roy rates,
in chinese dragons, says they
can easily distinguish a
blade one hundred li away.
since a Li equals about 500
meters. this is a distance of more
than 10 miles.
In modern China , Deaf
people are said to be Lung
the word to describe them
uses the written characters
for 'dragon' and 'ear".
Indicating they Have
the ears of the reputedly
deaf dragon.
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Taliesin
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Richard Bach
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Richard Bach
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Democritus
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Lao Tzu
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