How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a wyvern in terms of the . . . Regarding the term Wyvern At the origin, wyverns, aka Guivre, Vouivre or Vipera, are creatures with ears like horns described by Pliny whose reproductive behaviors is that the female is eating the head of its male when mating During the middle age that creature will gain most of the features of the dragon as shown here:
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Where did the origin of dragons come from? [duplicate] Dracōnes is the Latin name the Romans had, and was an evolution of the drakontas, and is the closest to our modern concept of a dragon, with 4 legs and wings A Linnormr, is a type of dragon that is like a drakontas, but has two legs A Wyvern, which is a variation of the word viper, is like a linnormr with two legs, but has wings –
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Why is the Indian Dragon at war with the Elephant? Aelian records the following tale of an elephant fighting a dragon: In India, I am told, the Elephant and the Drakon (Dragon-Serpent) are the bitterest enemies Now Elephants draw down the branche
mythical creatures - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange The Red Dragon of Wales I’ve understood is synonymous to the Gower pinnacular, (known as ‘worms head’) here it as if the Dragon literally is the landscape -peel back the skin, the soil is oxidised red by years of volcanic activity, could well explain why the Welsh Dragon is Red the most important myth in the Rig Veda, the myth of Indra, narrates the battle against Vitra, the gigantic