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Essay / The Truth About Dragons - 913
Dragons and dinosaurs, myth and fact, reality and history - how to separate truth from fiction? You've heard of Cowboys and Indians, but what about Cowboys and Dragons or a snake-eating dragon from Egypt? Could there be another Nessie? This article will discuss some interesting and often contradictory theories about dragons. Starting with the thoughts of evolutionists, then historical references and biblical commentaries on dragons. This article will then give a surprisingly descriptive account of the biblical Leviathan and finally present the possibility that dragons/dinosaurs may not be extinct. Evolutionist Adrienne Mayor believed that the Hogwarts Dracorex, an extremely dragon-like fossil, may have sparked legends. She explained that people found similar fossils and could have created legends and stories to explain them. If this were true, “dragon” fossils would have had to be found all over the world, because legends of dragons are found equally in all cultures. Interestingly enough, in these same legends, dragons are described and discussed in the same way as ordinary, everyday animals. (Dragons 9). Another evolutionist, David Jones, simply states that dragons cannot be dinosaurs. Although there are many similarities, he dismissed the idea of dragons being dinosaurs due to his evolutionary view. According to evolution, dinosaurs died out thousands of years before humans evolved, so the idea that humans created legends about them is just ridiculous. One of the problems with this theory is its proof; each scientist uses the theories of the other to prove his own while sometimes this other bases his theories on the first scientist. (Dragons 9) A front page article from Tombstone, Arizona, 1890, stated: "A strange W...... middle of paper...... in the 1860s, documents on Ogopogo were started to be collected, although the natives knew a lot about it and it was discussed in their mythology. This article covered some evolutionists and their theories, an encounter between a cowboy and a dragon, dragons known to eat snakes, dragons in art, Bible commentaries, Leviathan, and the possibility of dragons. still existing. Now you know that dragons are dinosaurs (just mislabeled) and that cowboys encountered them. Additionally, you have information about fun artwork containing dragons. The next time you read about a dragon, you will know that it was real and that the animal, not the magical creature, actually ate, drank, lived and died. . . Like everyone else. Works Cited Dragons: Dinosaur Legends and Lore. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2011. Print.New international version. [Colorado Springs]: Biblica, 2011. BibleGateway.com. Internet. March 3. 2011.