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What are Dragons? - Part II


Dancing with Dragons
[…] What are dragons? Are they real or imaginary? In the Western world, our word dragon comes from the Greek drakon and the Latin draco. Drakon comes from a verb meaning to see, to look at, or possibly to flash. Certainly in most legends dragons spend their time watching, whether it be treasure, […]

Fantasy Dragons and Snake Gods


An Instinct for Dragons
Groaning like a furnace, it hoisted its reptilian body from the ground, labored into the air on stunted wings, and rolled, belching sulphurous smoke, like a churning thundercloud toward the small farm. Its hideous roar shattered the morning calm, announcing the presence of the most terrible of creatures. The humans ran for […]

Pythagoras - A Python - Incarnation of the Serpent


via johncoulthart.com

Who is Pythagoras? What is Python?
Pythagoras: (ca. 582 - ca. 507 BC) A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who settled in Crotona, Italy, where he founded a mystery society. Phythagorean teachings include reincarnation and the ultimate reality of numbers as the basis of all things. The Pythagorean theorem in geometry is a token of their achievement […]

Uraeus - The King Cobra - Caduceus and Brazen Serpent


AKIN: Amulet: King Cobra Snake

What is Uraeus?
Egyptian serpent symbol, a hieroglyphic sign for “Goddess,” suggesting that in pre-dynastic times it was thought all serpents were female and divine. The serpent mother was one of Egypt’s oldest divinities, and her uraeus-snake idol signified healing. Moses copied this egyptian magic with his “brazen serpent” (Numbers 21:9). Egyptian […]