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Dragons are evolved or mutant reptilia, with large bodies and scary motions. But not every dragon is
dangerous, Chinese dragons, for example, signify nobility and wisdom. Chinese dragons have four legs, no wings, and
are scaly. Not every Chinese dragon breathes fire, some of them live in the sea or in caves. They do not need wings
to fly, and they crawl.
But European dragons are not the same, they are always evil, disasterous, and are
always killed by a hero in fairytales. These dragons have a pair of large wings to fly. They spit flames from their
mouth, which are full of fangs.
And there is a dragon chewing on the roots of the World Tree in Norse mythology, Nidhogg.
I didn’t find any dragons in Egyptian mythology, but the Greeks have a lot of them. Chinese dragons are the
symbol of the kings; the rulers of ancient China wore clothes patterned with dragons. Chinese believed that dragons brought
health and wealth to them.
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