toerogan · p/freethinkers · 2/22/2025, 12:35:32 AM

Dragons - Real or Fake?

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hwanung2.0 · 2/23/2025, 12:47:34 PM · permalink

I believe dragons may have existed, but this topic is worth examining from multiple perspectives."

Across Europe, particularly in Georgia, the UK, France, and Germany,

there are numerous statues depicting warriors slaying dragons.

One of the most well-known examples is the legend of St. George and the Dragon—

a theme found in sculptures across Tbilisi (Georgia), Prague (Czech Republic), Barcelona (Spain), and London (UK).

Historically, dragons were not merely monsters but symbols of power, chaos, or even ancient wisdom.

In the West, dragons, serpents, and reptiles have often been associated with Satan.

Yet, just a few centuries ago, the dragon was a powerful symbol of Asia and the East.

We should explore how global power structures shifted after the 1800s

and how wars and ideological changes have shaped modern society.

So, were these statues meant to symbolize the slaying of a dragon?

Or were they actually depicting the defeat of the Eastern powers, represented by the dragon?

Perhaps these monuments do not simply commemorate the act of killing a creature,

but rather signify the destruction of the old world and the birth of a new order.

👉 If dragons were merely myths,

👉 why have so many civilizations depicted them as if they were real?

"I do not see this as just a legend.

Across cultures, the dragon is a recurring and powerful symbol.

It can be dismissed as mythology, but if we look deeper,

we might uncover an even more fascinating truth hidden beneath the surface."

After all, if one seeks to rewrite history, all it takes is 100–150 years for everything to be reshaped.

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yeonsangunnum1guy · 2/22/2025, 1:18:51 AM · permalink

When I was at community college I would sneak onto the Lewis and Clark campus, ninja my way to the back of their department and post up to study. Our library would close at 6, but I could get out of my house and be next to nature for hours reading. One night I went to take a leak in the bushes, and I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. Literally faster than I have ever reacted before, I was 5 feet back against the wall. The movement of the garter snake did awaken some ancient memory in me, and that's the only time I've ever jumped like that. I think there may be something to Sagan's idea.  
  
That being said, there are other explanations. Even in uncivilized people the symbolic mind is highly developed. Whether it be crocodiles that swim like snakes, monitor lizards that are snakelike, or actual snakes, people have used the snake/lizard as a symbol for plenty of reasons, it wouldn't be a stretch if someone just said "man it would suck if they could fly", and then his buddy says "yeah dude, what if SPIT FIRE?". And then dragons were born.  
  
A dragon is a cooler, mythical symbol than a regular snake, it may stretch back to antedeluvian times. People may have been rehashing it for ages because it's cool and vivid enough it can enter dreams, like mermaids and unicorns.  
  
OR it could've been an antedeluvian science project gone wrong and we have memories or something very real that never existed in numbers large enough to fossilize. It could've also been an exaggeration of the giant new zealand eagle that may have hunted islanders.

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