370 TED-ED 为什么很多文化中都存在龙的传说

From the Chinese Loong to the Filipino Bakunawa, the Scottish Beithir and the Greek Hydra, dragons have inflamed imaginations for millennia. Their ubiquity across world mythology has led many scholars to ponder their possible origins. Could it be that tales of dragons were crafted to make sense of violent weather events? Timothy J. Burbery shares what geomythology has uncovered about dragons. [Directed by Sailesh Gopalan, Lanlan Studios, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by André Aires].从中国的“龙”到菲律宾的“巴库纳瓦”，从苏格兰的“贝蒂尔”到希腊的“九头蛇”，数千年来，龙一直激发着人们的想象力。它们在世界神话中无处不在，引得许多学者探寻其可能的起源。龙的故事是那时的人们为了解释暴风雨或龙卷风等恶劣天气而创作的吗？蒂莫西 · J · 伯伯里（Timothy J. Burbery）分享了地质神话学有关龙的发现。