DRAGONS: COMMON MYTHS AND FAMOUS CHARACTERS

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  1. 2. THIS WORM IS KILLED BY AND WHOSE BLOOD IS DRANK BY SIGURD, ENABLING HIM TO UNDERSTAND BIRDS
  2. 9. ALSO CALLED THE 'WORLD SERPENT' OR 'MIDGARD SERPENT,' ENCIRCLED THE EARTH AND WAS SLAYED BY THE STORM GOD THOR
  3. 10. THIS DRAGON, FEATURED IN "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS," IS PORTRAYED AS HAVING BUCK TEETH, MYOPIC EYES, AND WEARING A WAISTCOAT,
  4. 13. A FAMOUS EGYPTIAN SYMBOL OF A SERPENT EATING THEIR TAIL
  5. 14. IN WESTERN ASIAN MYTHOLOGY,THIS SERPENT IS KNOWN AS THE 'TWISTING SERPENT' OR 'POWERFUL ONE WITH SEVEN HEADS'
  6. 15. THE WORD 'DRAGON' COMES FROM THIS LATIN WORD
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  1. 1. YAHWEH KILLS THIS SEA-DRAGON DURING THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
  2. 3. THESE STONE FIGURES OFTEN RESEMBLING DRAGONS USED TO BE USED AS WATERSPOUTS ON BUILDINGS
  3. 4. THE FAMILY NAME GIVEN TO DONGFU BY EMPEROR SHIN BECAUSE HE COULD RAISE AND TAME DRAGONS
  4. 5. ACCORDING TO KOREAN FOLK MYTHOLOGY, ALL DRAGONS ARE SAID TO COME FROM THIS, MEANING 'LESSER DRAGONS'
  5. 6. THIS GIANT SERPENT REPRESENTS DROUGHT IN SOUTH ASIA
  6. 7. THESE DRAGONS ONLY HAVE TWO LEGS AND A ROOSTER'S HEAD, WHICH GAZE TURNS PEOPLE TO STONE
  7. 8. THIS DRAGON HAS BEEN SAID TO HAVE "COMPOSED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS BODY," AND WHOSE NAME MEANS 'TORCH DRAGON'
  8. 11. THE EGYPTIAN EMBODIMENT OF CHAOS WHO DAILY BATTLED RA
  9. 12. THIS CHINESE HORSE-DRAGON HAS SEVEN DOTS ON ITS FACE, SIX ON ITS BACK, EIGHT ON ITS LEFT FLANK, AND NINE ON ITS RIGHT FLANK