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Dragon Symbolism / Dragon Folklore / Dragon Mythology When most people think "Dragon"
they most likely think of the Western dragon. Western dragons are usually
portrayed as evil, mean, and bloodthirsty. They were also known to have
huge hoards of gold and jewels hidden in their lairs. The most famous dragons
are portrayed as Western-type dragons: St. George and the Dragon, Beowulf
and the Dragon, and Draco in
the movie DragonHeart. Some stories have the western dragon as the Devil
in Christianity. Other stories in legend say that eating a dragons' heart
will give the consumer the power of understanding birds, eating the dragons'
tongue enables the person to win any argument, and rubbing the dragons'
blood on skin will protect against stab wounds. Another myth references
Vlad Drakul to mean Son of the Dragon, or Devil. The end of the dragon came
with Christianity,
and knights that were eager to prove their faith. The knights quickly discovered
that dragon-hunting was very profitable, and soon most the dragons in the
world were destroyed in a very short time. Vikings
had dragon figureheads on the prow of their ships. The dragons on the ships
were believed to endow keen site and cunning to the Viking
warriors. Today the Welsh flag still has a red dragon on a green/white background,
and the red dragon is their national symbol.