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Posted September 26, 2013
Cool, thank you!

As to your question, possibly, but I don't think so. Mythology is full of monsters without any roots in reality. I don't think people needed fossils to fuel their imagination to create giant flying lizards.
Posted September 26, 2013
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Posted September 26, 2013
Probably not since, at least, dragons in many Asian myths don't look like Dinosaurs at all - they're more like giant snakes that can fly or live under water.

I'm in, and thanks for the chance. +1
Post edited September 26, 2013 by Air-Trigger
Posted September 27, 2013
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Posted September 27, 2013
Dragons came from the minds of man; what they saw and didn't understand; their imagination and the unknown.
I believe only recent depictions also take inspiration from dinosaurs, but then again dinosaurs actually take more inspirations from other animals since only fossils remain.
I'm in if I may.
Posted September 27, 2013
Thank you for the giveaway!

As far as I know, the origin of the legends of Dragons is a man called Gary Gygax, but, even if he was young no more when he passed away (rest in peace), I doubt anyone could have ever described him as a dinosaur.
Posted September 28, 2013
Let the dragons BUMP.
Posted September 29, 2013
Not in but thanks Te_Lanus and your generous donors.
Posted September 29, 2013
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triock: Japanese dragons (日本の竜 Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India. The style of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon. Like these other Asian dragons, most Japanese ones are water deities associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The modern Japanese language has numerous "dragon" words, including indigenous tatsu from Old Japanese ta-tu, Sino-Japanese ryū or ryō 竜 from Chinese lóng 龍, nāga ナーガ from Sanskrit nāga, and doragon ドラゴン from English "dragon".

edit: In for Azrael360.
Thanks Triock! ^_^
Posted September 29, 2013
Thanks and +1

Dragons the origin of the word is translated to winged snakes.
Snakes are in most cultures seen as god.
Dinos no human has ever seen a living one.
Posted September 29, 2013
Thanks for your generosity and that of your donor! Please count me in and +1
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te_lanus: (snip)
Was what today is described as Dinosaurs, the origins of the legends of Dragons?
I believe so, that those dinosaurs which lived beyond the major cataclysms of the death of most were counted as dragons by the humans who encountered them in whatever form they had.
Post edited September 29, 2013 by BlueKronos
Posted September 29, 2013
it may be snakes ascending to heavens (korean /chineese legends) but the bible says snakes are evil;
the ancient times prove the opposite

caduceus 2 snakes representing DNA from ancient times
Serpent worship in the world

Serpent Glykon cult
our old flag Draco Flag Wolf's head body of snake Wiki

Zamolxe's cult or even older that all mayan like hyperboreans

or is it Aliens?
Post edited September 29, 2013 by darkplanetar
Posted September 29, 2013
Great question for a giveaway.

Dinosaur fossils have been known and documented for thousands of years though they have been mislabeled for most of that time due to lack of actual scientific knowledge about dinosaurs.

So, the answer would be "yes, but man didn't make the connection until rather recently".
Posted September 30, 2013
Komodos/Comodos live in Komodo Island, eastern part of my country, are regarded as dragons or most resembling species in world today to dragons in legends. They are said to be prehistoric. They're more like gisnt lizard than dragons in fantasy, Western or Eastern.
Posted September 30, 2013
I'm in, thanks!

and I believe it's true - people rarely had such imagination to come up with such a distinctive concept without some "inspiration" :) I mean, the closest to dragons in the medieval age was probably some shade cast by a tree trunk :)

so yes, someone must have found a huge bones in a mine or something and The Legend Was Born... :o)
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