BSC609 Guardian Of The Stones

The myth of dragons likely originated from a combination of ancient encounters with large real-life animals, fossil discoveries, and universal human fears of dangerous serpents and floods. Similar dragon-like creatures appear independently across many cultures globally.The dragon is a fabulous creature and a universal, symbolic, being a creature of the air, as well as water, the dragon as keen eyesight that is otherwise associated with birds. In fact, the very word dragon comes from the Greek ‘to see’. Their keen- sightness and that they can sleep with their eyes open or stay awake through the night helps the dragon to perform his tradition task as guardian of a treasure. In mythology and folklore, dragons most commonly protect hoards of gold, jewels, sacred knowledge, or vital natural forces, depending on cultural traditions.Dragons in Irish mythology are typically known as ollphéisteanna (great worms or mighty reptiles) or péisteanna, appearing as giant, wingless water serpents rather than the classic fire-breathing, winged dragons of English or Norse legends.