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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Folklore" title="Template:Folklore">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Folklore" title="Template talk:Folklore">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Folklore&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dragons</b> are legendary creatures that resemble over-sized <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">lizards</a>, snakes, or crocodiles, but with occasional extra limbs,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[note 1]</a></sup> and the ability to fly, and are thought to have other special powers such as the ability to breathe fire. In essence, they are a catch-all term rarely used by actual anthropologists anymore, as it describes a variety of entities unrelated aside from having scales; this ranges from the demonic western dragons to the Asian lion-camel-clam-carp-gods (also known as <i>lung</i>) to the various feathered serpents of the Mesoamericans. </p><p>Evidence of dragons' existence has never surfaced<sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup> except in <a href="/wiki/Mythology" title="Mythology">mythology</a>, legend, fantasy novels, <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing games</a>, video games, and the imaginations of some <a href="/wiki/Cryptozoology" title="Cryptozoology">cryptozoologists</a>, but there exists a subculture that believes in them. There is also a <a href="/wiki/Therian#Subculture" title="Therian">subculture that thinks they <i>are</i> dragons</a> or identifies with them in a similar manner to <a href="/wiki/Furry_fandom" title="Furry fandom">furry fandom</a> and a rather larger subculture that knows they do not exist but deeply wishes they did. </p><p>The seemingly worldwide nature of dragon myths has led some people to engage in truly bizarre speculation about the origins of <a href="/wiki/Humanity" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanity">humanity</a>, or about "species memory" and such. Some animals and plants have been named after the dragon, like the leafy seadragon, dragonfly, komodo dragon, snapdragon, and <i>Dracaena</i>. </p><p>Dubiously, David E. Jones claimed in his book <i>An Instinct for Dragons</i> that the mythological origin of dragons is in our <a href="/wiki/Hominid" title="Hominid">hominid</a> ancestors' ancient fears of predators such as great cats, snakes, and large raptor <a href="/wiki/Birds" class="mw-redirect" title="Birds">birds</a> that became hard-wired in our brains.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[2]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#In_Christianity"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">In Christianity</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Young_Earth_creationism"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Young Earth creationism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#The_dragon_that_would_not_go_away"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">The dragon that would not go away</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#In_Chinese_medicine"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">In Chinese medicine</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Depictions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Depictions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Want_to_read_this_in_another_language.3F"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Want to read this in another language?</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_Christianity">In Christianity</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In Christianity">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Belief in the existence of dragons is a prerequisite for <a href="/wiki/Biblical_literalists" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical literalists">Biblical literalists</a>. In some cases, but not all, the word dragon was mistranslated in various <a href="/wiki/Bible_translations" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible translations">Bible translations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a></sup> Dragons appear in both the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Deuteronomy#Deuteronomy_32:33" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy 32:33</a>: "Their <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Nehemiah#Nehemiah_2:13" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Nehemiah">Nehemiah 2:13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Job#Job_30:29" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Job">Job 30:29</a>: "I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Psalms" title="Book of Psalms">Book of Psalms</a>: <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Psalm#Psalm_44:19" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Psalm">Psalm 44:19</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Psalm#Psalm_74:13" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Psalm">Psalm 74:13</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Psalm#Psalm_91:13" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Psalm">Psalm 91:13</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Psalm#Psalm_148:7" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Psalm">Psalm 148:7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jeremiah" title="Book of Jeremiah">Book of Jeremiah</a>: <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_9:11" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 9:11</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_10:22" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 10:22</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_14:6" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 14:6</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_49:33" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 49:33</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_51:34" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 51:34</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_51:37" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 51:37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Book of Isaiah</a>: <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_13:22" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 13:22</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_27:1" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 27:1</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_34:13" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 34:13</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_35:7" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 35:7</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_43:20" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 43:20</a>, <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Isaiah#Isaiah_51:9" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Isaiah">Isaiah 51:9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Ezekiel#Ezekiel_29:3" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Ezekiel">Ezekiel 29:3</a>: "… Behold, I am against thee, <a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharaoh">Pharaoh</a> king of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers…"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Micah#Micah_1:8" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Micah">Micah 1:8</a>: "Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and <a href="/wiki/Naked" class="mw-redirect" title="Naked">naked</a>: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Malachi#Malachi_1:3" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Malachi">Malachi 1:3</a>: "And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."</li></ul> <p>and <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Revelation#Revelation_12:3" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Revelation">Revelation 12:3</a>: "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads." Dragons also appear in several other passages in Revelation.</li></ul> <p>Indeed, it would even seem to become difficult for Bible believers who are not strictly literalists to not believe in dragons when dragons are intermixed with alleged historical events or <a href="/wiki/Prophesies" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophesies">prophesies</a>, such as in <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_51:37" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 51:37</a>, "And <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a> shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant." </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Young_Earth_creationism">Young Earth creationism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Young Earth creationism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism" title="Young Earth creationism">young Earth creationists</a> (YEC) have claimed that the existence of dragons in various human mythologies is <a href="/wiki/Evidence" title="Evidence">evidence</a> for <a href="/wiki/Human-dinosaur_coexistence" class="mw-redirect" title="Human-dinosaur coexistence">humans and dinosaurs co-existing</a>. YEC believes that a <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_beetle" title="Bombardier beetle">bombardier beetle</a> spewing a 100°C gooey liquid is evidence that dragons were real.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup> Ignore here that the earliest depictions of dragons were snake-like and did not look at all like <a href="/wiki/Dinosaurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinosaurs">dinosaurs</a> or the most popular four legs and two wings (rather than six legs, two wings, and two elytra for beetles). Using the same reasoning, they presumably also believe in <a href="/wiki/Fun:Fairies" title="Fun:Fairies">fairies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Troll" class="mw-redirect" title="Troll">trolls</a>. Saner heads, most notably historian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Mayor" class="extiw" title="wp:Adrienne Mayor" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Adrienne Mayor">Adrienne Mayor</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> have proposed a more sensible <a href="/wiki/Hypothesis" title="Hypothesis">hypothesis</a> on the dinosaur-dragon connection, namely that dragons and other legendary creatures might have been inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> remains of prehistoric animals.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup> Misidentification of extant animal remains by ancient peoples is also a likely source of <a href="/wiki/Cryptid" title="Cryptid">cryptids</a>, such as the conflation of elephant skulls with the Cyclops of Greek mythology.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> </p><p><span id="Saint_George_and_the_Dragon"></span> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_dragon_that_would_not_go_away">The dragon that would not go away</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The dragon that would not go away">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Saint George and the Dragon is an extra-Biblical legend that is important to numerous regional sects of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup> The George in the legend was an actual historical figure (George of Lydda (?–303 CE), a Greek-born <a href="/wiki/Roman" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman">Roman</a> Christian soldier<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup>), but the legend can be traced to pre-Christian mythologies (Greek: Jason and Medea in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece" class="extiw" title="wp:Golden Fleece" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Golden Fleece">Golden Fleece</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Greek: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="wp:Andromeda (mythology)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Andromeda (mythology)">Perseus and Andromeda</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> Greco-Egyptian: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhon" class="extiw" title="wp:Typhon" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Typhon">Typhon</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and others).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_Chinese_medicine">In Chinese medicine</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In Chinese medicine">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Villagers in modern-day Henan Province in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> have been grinding "dragon" <a href="/wiki/Fossils" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossils">fossils</a> for use in <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">traditional Chinese medicine</a>. The fossils have been described as coming from dinosaurs<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup> or from various <a href="/wiki/Mammals" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammals">mammals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a></sup> Evidentially, <a href="/wiki/Human%E2%80%93dinosaur_coexistence" title="Human–dinosaur coexistence">dinosaurs (other than birds) have never co-existed with humans</a>. </p><p>The 'bones' have been ground up into <a href="/wiki/Tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea">tea</a> for decades, a practice recorded to have occurred with ancient peoples across the world. When asked why so many Chinese still believe in dragons, China's premier dinosaur hunter Xu Xing responded: <a href="/wiki/Whataboutism" title="Whataboutism">How many Americans still don't believe in evolution?</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Depictions">Depictions</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Depictions">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/83px-Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/124px-Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/166px-Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="897" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopian</a> Coptic depiction of Saint George slaying the dragon (Alwan Codex) </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:35px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_(reverse).svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg/120px-Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg/180px-Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg/240px-Ethiopian_imperial_standard_of_Haile_Selassie_I_%28reverse%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Standard of Haile Selassie I </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:35px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Botsaris.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Botsaris.svg/120px-Flag_of_Botsaris.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Botsaris.svg/180px-Flag_of_Botsaris.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Botsaris.svg/240px-Flag_of_Botsaris.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Standard of <a href="/wiki/Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek">Greek</a> general Markos Botsaris </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg/103px-Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg/155px-Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg/207px-Kondakov_1890._St_George_icon_from_Likhauri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="393" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>George and the dragon from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, 12<sup>th</sup> century </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:S.George_(Novgorod,_mid._14_c,_GTG).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg/80px-S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg/120px-S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg/160px-S.George_%28Novgorod%2C_mid._14_c%2C_GTG%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1202" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Russian" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian">Russian</a> depiction Saint George slaying the dragon from the 14<sup>th</sup> century CE </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:34px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:ZeusTyphoeus.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ZeusTyphoeus.jpg/120px-ZeusTyphoeus.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/ZeusTyphoeus.jpg/250px-ZeusTyphoeus.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="300" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Zeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> fighting Typhon, Greece </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:19px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon,_Tibet,_Field_Museum.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg/120px-Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg/180px-Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg/240px-Dragon%2C_Tibet%2C_Field_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1777" data-file-height="1658" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibetan</a> dragon </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Hokusai_Dragon.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hokusai_Dragon.jpg/120px-Hokusai_Dragon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hokusai_Dragon.jpg/180px-Hokusai_Dragon.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Hokusai_Dragon.jpg/240px-Hokusai_Dragon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1634" data-file-height="1634" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese">Japanese</a> dragon </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg/120px-Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg/180px-Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg/240px-Korea-Seoul-Namdaemun-Sungnyemun-07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korean</a> dragon </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG/120px-Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG/180px-Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG/240px-Nine-Dragon_Screen-2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><a href="/wiki/Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese">Chinese</a> dragons </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:23px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:DnD_Dragon.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/DnD_Dragon.png/120px-DnD_Dragon.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="104" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/DnD_Dragon.png/250px-DnD_Dragon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1302" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>As seen in <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_and_Dragons" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungeons and Dragons">Dungeons and Dragons</a>. Keep your +4 dragon bane vorpal bastard sword handy. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:33.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/4/44/Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png/120px-Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" srcset="/w/images/thumb/4/44/Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png/180px-Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/4/44/Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png/240px-Dialga-Palkia-Giratina.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="555" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The Legendary <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokémon</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dialga_(Pokémon)">Dialga</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Palkia_(Pokémon)">Palkia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Giratina</a>, which had a hand in that fictional universe's <a href="/wiki/Creation_myth" class="mw-redirect" title="Creation myth">creation myth</a>. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div style="clear: right; 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Some dragons, like the one on the Welsh flag to the right, have four limbs plus two wings, making six limbs. Other dragons may have only four (i.e. wyverns have two legs and two wings; Chinese dragons and their variants have no wings and usually four legs) or even fewer than that (i.e. the Greek <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cetus_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="wp:cetus (mythology)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: cetus (mythology)">cetus</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindworm" class="extiw" title="wp:Lindworm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Lindworm">Lindworm</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Instinct_for_Dragons" class="extiw" title="wp:An Instinct for Dragons" rel="nofollow"><i>An Instinct for Dragons</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>An Instinct for Dragons</i> by David E. Jones (2000) Routlege. ISBN 0415937299.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goddidntsaythat.com/tag/dragon/">Unicorns, Dragons, and Other Animals You Meet in the Bible</a> <i>God Didn't Say That</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/09/could-a-fire-breathing-dragon-be-a-possibility/">Could a fire-breathing dragon be a possibility?: Exclusive: David Rives examines chemistry, biology of bombadier<small><sup>[<span title="short for: sic erat scriptum ('thus was it written'), meaning that it is intentionally spelled here like it was originally transcribed or translated from" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><i>sic</i></span></sup></small></a> beetle as evidence] by David Rives (September 16, 2015 at 10:36pm) <i>WND</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times</i> by Adrienne Mayor (2000) Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691089779.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0205_030205_cyclops.html">Cyclops Myth Spurred by 'One-Eyed' Fossils? New fossils fuel speculation that Greek tales may have been inspired by ancient skulls.</a> by Hillary Mayell (February 5, 2003) <i>National Geographic</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day" class="extiw" title="wp:Saint George's Day" rel="nofollow">Saint George's Day</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George" class="extiw" title="wp:Saint George" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Saint George">Saint George</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Saints' Lives in Middle English Collections</i>, edited by E. Gordon Whatley et al. (2005) Medieval Institute Publications. ISBN 1580440894. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/whatley-saints-lives-in-middle-english-collections-st-george-and-the-dragon">St. George and the Dragon: Introduction</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19606626">Chinese villagers ate dinosaur 'dragon bones': Villagers in central China spent decades digging up bones they believed belonged to flying dragons and using them in traditional medicines. Turns out the bones belonged to dinosaurs, and now scientists are doing the digging.</a> (July 4, 2007, 11:33 PM PDT) <i>AP</i> via <i>NBC News</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.md/JZaDI">Dragon Bones (Long Gu)</a> (Last Updated on Tue, 04 May 2021) <i>Chinese Herbs Healing</i> (archived from 22 Dec 2021 18:37:22 UTC).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070716191823/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070713-china-dinos.html">Dinosaur Fossils Part of Longtime Chinese Tonic</a> by Kevin Holden Platt (July 13, 2007) <i>National Geographic</i>, Page 1 of 2 (archived from July 16, 2007).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span 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