Across cultures there has been a consistant image of Dragons in myth and legend. Indead the dragon is firmly embeded in english folklore as an evil serpent eating maidens and guarding treasure. In Chinese culture, the dragon has come to symbolise wealth, wisdom and power. The emperors of China made the dragon a symbol of authority and power. Quetzalcoatl, an Actzac god also had dragon like qualities. Countless cultures with the exception of the Anarctic have told of mythical creatures with serpent like bodies with tails, claws and the abilitly to use fire. How could these ancient people who have no known contact with each other develop a creature that doesnt exist with so similar in depiction. Scientists widely attribute this to the finding of dinosaur fossils by the ancients. The ancients saw dragons as a way of explaining unkown fossils.
But how do we explain the fire breathing capabilities? One theory which we have stumbled upon is that comets or metorites were mistaken for dragons. When they reached earth, some might have caused forests to be burnt also a typical sign that dragons had been in the area. The fires caused by the falling space matter would have given the dragon fire breathing qualities. Also the long body of the comet and various colors of the tail of the asteriod gave shape to the dragon. The burning of the comets tail produces many colors giving rise to the many colored dragons in western mythology.
This article requires further research and evidence, any who might have knowledge of dragons, their habits as well as folklore surrounding it or asteroids or comets and weather this theory is possible, feel free to post a comment.
Inspired by the discovery take on dragons and history channel's comets and how they affected... well history.
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