Dragons: Dragon Basics

For the first Dragons post, I am assuming you all have a basic idea of what dragons are, and what they do, unlike Eustace at the beginning of Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis. However, many of you probably don't know that depending on who you talk to, what books you read, and even folklore you hear of, dragons will be different.

Let's start way before any modern authors' perceptions of dragons: with legends. The legend of St. George the Dragon-slayer has been around for centuries, and is probably where we get the idea of a knight rescuing a princess from a dragon. The story varies from telling to telling, but basically a dragon who was terrorizing a city was offered someone to eat daily so he wouldn't destroy the whole city. Then, the king's daughter got chosen to be offered to the dragon, and the king was devastated. Somehow (depending on version), Saint George came, killed the dragon and rescued the princess. In this case, dragons are evil creatures that like to terrorize people and eat princesses. This is one view of dragons, but dragons can be much more versatile. We will see this when we look at other authors'/people's views of dragons, and even some of my views of dragons. 

Also, in medieval times, dragons were viewed as signs of the devil, which is why there are so many stories of evil dragons.

 

Also, to end this post, please, I beg of you, Google search “dragons,” click on images, and just scroll through all the pictures. I cannot reproduce any of those ones here because they are copyrighted, and I could get fined a ton of money if I did put them on here, so I'm sorry, but please scroll through at least some dragon pictures. 

*By the way, some of them are a little disturbing, and some are slightly inappropriate, so again, sorry, but you can just skip those ones.

Have fun, dear Friends, finding the dragons of the world on the breath of a Dragon's wing.

Spruce Nogard

Attributions: https://pixabay.com/en/fantasy-dragon-sky-reptile-1183666/