Dragon

The dragon is a mythical animal, usually with snake or lizard characters, found in myths, rumours, fairy tales and folk tales of a variety of cultures. [1] its worldwide spread results in considerable variability in its appearance, size and properties. Dragons vary in number of heads -- in China, for example, a fundamentally single-headed one is depicted, Greek mythology knew the stem dragon, in fairy tales it generally has an odd number of heads, most often three or seven -- even in the number of legs (most often two, four or none), as well as in the ability to fly and beam fire (possibly frost or poison).

Dragons in the basic concept can distinguish between good and bad. The tradition of beneficial dragons is predominantly in China, where the dragon is a symbol of power and rain.European dragons in the Middle Ages are instead understood as a symbol of destruction and chaos.They are often depicted as bloodthirsty beasts that destroy everything around them and eat animals and people. Dragons are associated with wealth and property that they generally protect in their slums. The dragon's image is very old and can reflect dinosaur fossils. There are documents from Ancient Greece where the dragon guarded the fabled golden fleece, but they are also found in the Akkadian epic Enúma elish written between the 18th-7th century BC. They are also mentioned by stories from ancient Egypt, in the form of a meeting between the god Ra and the snake dragon Apopo. They also appear in Germanic mythology, where Beowulf or Sigurd (Siegfried) face the dragon. A hero who has faced a dragon is generally called a dragonslayer.

Often mistaken for a wyvern, unlike a wyvern, the dragon has four legs, mostly has no wings and has more heads.