Dragons

Legendary, Mystical, and powerful are all words that have been used to describe the mythical creature we know as the dragon. With the ever increasing popularity of fictional themed movies, books, and video games, magical and mythical creatures, including the dragon have taken a much more prominent role in popular culture.

Dragons typically are portrayed as powerful, vicious, violent, and omnipotent. Some cultures view dragons as the mortal enemy of mankind, others see dragons as allies, friends, and possibly pets.  In film, two examples of these contradicting portrayals of dragons can be seen in the movies “Reign of Fire” and “How to train your dragon.”

      No matter how people view dragons, the features of dragons relatively stay the same. A dragon is a large reptilian creature, with razor sharp claws and the uncanny ability to breathe fire from its mouth to incinerate its foes.  However throughout different cultures, the physical outline of a dragon can be altered. Western civilizations seem to picture dragons that dwell in caves and have wings. Asian cultures see dragons as a creature from the sky or sea that fly mystically without the help of wings.

      Dragons are not held to a certain archetype or physical form, because they are a figment of imagination.  No matter which way you fantasize about dragons, or to what degree, the only constant is that you for some reason are still thinking and fantasizing about dragons.