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Apr 14, 2023 30 min

20. Dragons: Did they Actually Exist?

from Your Hero's Quest Hosted by Carli Abbey

DRAGONS! They appear in mythologies from around the world, for millennia. But are they truly just a mythical creature, or could it be possible that they once actually existed? We're going on a quest to find out, piecing together mentions of dragons in ancient texts on natural history, medieval bestiaries, centuries worth of literature, as well as artwork, maps, the stars, and the earth itself. Oh, and of course, actual recorded dragon sightings! Join me on this epic journey! YouTube version: https://youtu.be/OjTYGv4SnaQ Download goodies from my store: https://stan.store/YourHerosQuest Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/a-natural-history-of-dragons/https://www.etymonline.com/word/Dracohttps://blogs.getty.edu/iris/separating-myth-from-legend-about-the-medieval-dragon/https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/historical/dragons/ Senter, Phil, et al. “Snake to Monster: Conrad Gessner’s Schlangenbuch and the Evolution of the Dragon in the Literature of Natural History.” Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 53, no. 1, 2016, pp. 67–124. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2979/jfolkrese.53.1-4.67. Blust, Robert. “The Origin of Dragons.” Anthropos, vol. 95, no. 2, 2000, pp. 519–36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40465957. Lippincott, Louise W. “The Unnatural History of Dragons.” Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 77, no. 334, 1981, pp. 3–24. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3795303.

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