Today, we're going to start a new series: Dragons Through Cultures. This series will explore how dragons are depicted in different cultures. Let's start with European Dragons.
European dragons have a fearsome reputation. These are probably what you've seen before. They're the dragons with giant wings and who breathe fire, and kill knights. This opinion of them was probably influenced by the view people used to have of dragons, Greeks and Romans viewed dragons as a symbol of evil, and Christians viewed dragons as symbols of the devil. For example, St. George liberated a town for the tyranny of a dragon, and St. Margaret resolutely resisted evil, even when she had dealings with a dragon.
Lately in literature, however, European dragons have started to play positive roles as well as negative roles.
In what ways are dragons used in the book you're reading?
Spruce Nogard
*Post actually written on June 26th. See here for details.
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