Commonly Known Dragons | Azhl Dahaki | According to Persian mythology, Angra Mainyu, the father of lies, created this fearsome dragon to rid the world of truth and righteousness. He possesses three jaws, three heads and six eyes, and his body is filled with venomous beasts so that none could cut him open without infecting the world. This dragon supposedly tried to extinguish the sacred flame known as The Divine Glory, but was stopped by the fire god Atar. As punishment, Azhl was then bound by the hero Thraetaona and set on Mount Demavend by the Caspian sea. Legend dictates that when Azhl is set free from this imprisonment, the world will end as he devours a third of all living things until stopped and killed by the youth Keresaspa. | | Fafnir | The Norse Völsunga Saga tells of a greedy, evil man who killed his father to gain control of the older man's vast hoard of gold treasure. He then transformed himself into a monstrous dragon and retreated to a lonely cave so as to better guard his wealth. The only person who Fafnir feared would try to steal from him was his brother Regin, the tutor to the young man Sigurd. With the help and insistence of Regin, Sigurd killed Fafnir by digging a pit in the dragon's path, hiding in it with a sword upraised, and stabbing it into the dragon's heart when he went down near the hole for a drink. As he died, Fafnir told Sigurd that Regin was also planning his young charges death, but Sigurd would not believe him and brought the heart to Regin as proof of the kill. Regin demanded Sigurd to cook it for him, and he complied. As the heart was almost done, Sigurd touched it just to make sure it was hot enough, and burned his finger. Putting it to his lips, the young man found he could understand a pair of birds who were talking about how wise whoever ate Fafnir's heart would be, and how Regin was planning to kill Sigurd. Deciding he had enough warnings, Sigurd turned on Regin and then ate the heart himself. | | Lambton Worm |  The legend of the Lambton worm tells of the ancient family of the Lambtons. One of the sons was wild and cared nothing for religion, to the disappointment of his parents. One Sabbath, he sneaked out of church to go fishing and caught the Lambton Worm as a drakeling. Finding it too ugly to eat, he threw it in a well. That night, he had terrible dreams about his life as a sinner and the next morning went to the priest to repent. The priest advised the young lad to join the crusades, which he did. When the young Lambton had returned, the same worm he had caught as a boy had grown to its full size and was a menace to the country side. Worse yet, if it was cut in half, the two parts joined together again as if nothing ever happened. Horrified, Lambton went to the village witch who advised him on how to kill the dragon, but demanded that he kill the first creature he saw after the worm's death as her fee. Otherwise, she would curse the family so that nine generations of Lambtons would die away from home. He agreed, and went out to kill the worm, first telling his father to let the old and sickly hunting hound to go ahead when he came to greet his son after the labor. Lambton succeeded, and the happy father, quite forgetting Lambton's instruction, ran ahead of the hound. Lambton refused to kill his father, and so for nine generations every Lambton died alone and far from home. | | Leviathan | According to Christian legend, when God created life, he also created the great dragon Leviathan and counter parted it against the desert dwelling Behemoth. On Doomsday, God will destroy them both and therefore end the earth. | | Marduk | He is known as the oldest of all Dragonkind. He is the father of all life. Marduk is a venerable Dragon who has come to Gaia many times as human due to his interest in human emotions and experiences. Marduk is known specifically as the Lawgiver. He is believed by Dragonkind to have created more than just the worlds, but all Order from the Chaos, while being a Being of Chaos. Marduk is an extremely powerful Dragon whose steps into the Keys of Wisdom and Power have been widely documented. He is a teacher to Men as well as a student OF Mankind. He is open to contact with humans, and often seeks us out in search of forgotten or new information. | | Midgard's Worm | Also known as Jornungand's worm, this dragon, according to Norse legend, lays under the sea with its tail in its mouth, regurgitating the ocean even as it swallows it. If its tail was to ever be removed, calamity would befall the world. The thunder god Thor and this worm eventually killed each other at Ragnarok (the battle of all gods and subsequent end of the world). | | Nidhogg | According to Norse legend, there is a giant ash tree known as the Yggdrasil, or the Cosmic Tree of Life, which supports the entire universe. Its three major roots descend into the three-part Norse underworld, one going towards the frost giants and is under their protection, the other to Aesir where the Gods hold their judgement seat, and the last to Hel, Queen of the Underworld. Under this root sits Nidhogg, the dread bitter, who constantly is gnawing at this root in an effort to unearth the Yggdrasil and therefore destroy the universe. | | Sirrush of Babylon | The Sirrush was first found painted on the walls in buildings of the ancient city Babylon. Unlike many mythological animals, the Sirrush was not represented differently over time, but kept its same form over the ages. Many believe that it could of been a representation of a living dinosaur which may have lived in the nearby swamps at this time. It is called the mokele-mbembe by the natives, and is thought to resemble a double human-sized Apatosaurus with claws. | | Tiamat | In the ancient Babylonian creation epic known as Enuma Elish the story of the dragoness Tiamat first unfolded. According to this epic poem, in the beginning there was nothing but two elements �?Aspu, the male spirit of fresh water and the abyss, and Tiamat, the female dragon spirit of salt water and chaos. The two had an uncountable number of children which became gods and goddesses, and upon looking at their numbers and boisterous ways, Aspu resolved to kill them all. The Gods ended up killing him after inadvertently learning of his plot. Tiamat, upset at the death of her husband, laid low for a time and plotted to take revenge against her children with the help of twelve monsters (the viper, the shark, the scorpion man, the storm demon, the great lion, the dragon, the mad dog and four nameless ones) she had spawned. The company was truly a fearsome sight and none would stand up against her but Marduk, who was armed with a bow and arrows, a mace, lightning, and net woven out of the four winds. He eventually managed to catch her in this net, and as she opened her mouth to devour him, he drove an evil wind down her throat so she could not close her mouth. Marduk then killed her by driving arrows down her throat until she bled to death. Deciding to create a new world for his siblings to live on in peace, he used half of Tiamat's body to create the sky, and the other half to create the earth. He then took her blood and used it to fashion the human race as a slave for the gods to use as they saw fit. | | Quetzalcoatl |  (Click The Pic to see the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid) The name of this god-dragon means "most precious serpent," and he is the personified form of the king of the native Latin American Toltecs. He is held to be the god of winds, peace, and industry, is called the Lord of the Morning Star, and most closely represents the feathered Amphitere. He was a good and gentle god responsible for all inspiration, and often went among his people as an old man with a white beard and broken walking stick or a young man in a feathered cloak. He taught them agriculture, mining and the secrets of the zodiac thus. He also would not permit human sacrifice in his presence, and only wanted flowers and fruit to be laid on his altar. However, this time of peaceful reign was ended when his sister, the Moon Goddess Tlazoteotl, gave him magic mushrooms and wine, then seduced him in the form of a sensual woman with dubious mortality. When he realized what he had done, Quetzecoatl left his palaces and sailed, naked, on a raft of serpent skins into the sunrise. The fire of the sun set the boat aflame, killed Quetzecoatl, and sent his soul to join with the sunrise. It is believed he will one day return to his people, and once upon a time the Spanish conqueror was mistaken as his reincarnated form, and sadly, used this advantage to defeat the mighty Aztecs. | |
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