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- mythical creatures - How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a . . .
Regarding the term "dragon" and "wyrm" Wyrm is known in English to depict the creature fought by the hero Beowulf That creature is either referred as "wyrm" or "draca" For any decent Tolkien reader (which I am not) this is totally important just because Tolkien was a huge fan of Beowulf and his depiction of Smaug is rooted in that fight
- How did dragons get their wings? - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange
In ancient Germanic lore at least, they were called "worm", "orm", "wyrm" and later "lindworm" Now worms or snakes don't normally have legs or even wings But up through the ages, these were added to their characteristics The epic poem of Beowulf was the first to describe a dragon wyrm as having a fiery breath and bat-wings
- comparative - Are the Anunnaki mentioned in the Bible? - Mythology . . .
How could they be related ? Anakim just means " sons of Anak " It is just a race of giants, and there is nothing giving them godlike power or something Anunnaki, as I explained in another post, means sons of An While the terminology is the same, there is nothing in common between those 2 words EDIT : The sumerian language is apparently an language isolate So it is just a coincidence More
- Dragons and serpents in Norse and Indo-European mythology
Apart from christianity, serpents and dragons are affirmative symbolic beings, i e serpents symbolize renewal, healing and rebirth (skin-sloughing of serpents, Ouroboros) In Norse mythology, tha
- User The Wyrm Ouroboros - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange
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- Did Loki give birth to a monster? - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange
Loki was a master shapeshifter and famously transformed himself into a mare to give birth to Sleipnir, thus bearing and giving birth was not beyond his capabilities
- Are there any four-armed deities or creatures in the Greek or Roman . . .
As in the title, are there any four-armed (two-legged) deities or creatures in the Greek or Roman pantheons? Essentially the morphological opposite of centaurs, in terms of limb numbers
- Why is the Indian Dragon at war with the Elephant?
Very interesting question! One tends to think of Carthage in relation to war elephants in the antiquity, so the India angle is cool I don't know much about conflicts with the sub-continent prior to Alexander stopping on the border, but the Roman Empire never extended to that border Possibly ingrained, Hellenistic animosity?
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