Dragons | The History & Origin Stories You Were Never Told
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Today we take a look at the dragons, the history behind these mythical monsters and how their appearance and significance has changed over time.
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Please make a video all about the history and origins of the mythical creature plus mythical race calling Giants from before and now please
Dráka is is the old Norse for dragon which it derives & Icelandic surname for dráki means Dragon.
Draca is the old English word for Dragon.
Níðhöggr, Fáfnir et cetera as examples.
Norse dragons are what people think of when they think of Iconic Dragons in popular media.
Far east dragon Lóng 龙 or japanese Ryu translates to serpent not dragon & are really strange magical long flying koi fish.
Very different to northern European Norse Dráka
Δράκων=drakom or δράκος=drakos meant any large monster for the later form most commonly referred ogre or titan like giant monsters.
Greak never had true dragon with Hydras & chimera you mention but Ladon or Python being closer to a Dragon but not really if you look into them.
Sorry to upset the Mediterranean but Dragons are a northern European Pagan thing!
King of Gwynedd from around 655AD used Y Ddraig Goch as older then when the Saxons arived in England hence Y Ddraig Wen that became associated with the saxons being the white dragon instead of the red for the welsh.
Book of Job tells of Leviathan not a dragon so the bible doesn't mention of dragons as such.
Beowulf from the 8th century is an old English epic that has a Dragon in a story.
Any older was always heraldic depiction or similar alike though dragons but not in story but northern European myths.
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The first four legs Dragon in Mythology is Tiamat
@@alberich3963 Tiamat is sea a goddess that is the personification of primordial chaos.
She is the confusion that existed before the world.
Tâmtu in Akkadian mean sea & Tiamat
is a derivation of the older Tamtum
Mesopotamian polytheism is not as strait forward as Tiamat is a dragon.
Enûma Elish states Tiamet is the other & creator of monsters not that she is a dragon though as a primordial chaos she can take on many forms.
She is the mother of god's & monsters alike.
Her form is never directly identified & what is mentioned in even in he same writings run contrary to it's self with obvious intention as Chaos does not care for stringent order.
Marduk god of storms slays Tiamet but in ancient art she is depicted as a scaled horned gryphon or giant serpent if anything so not a Dragon.
Perhaps Tiamat could be said to be an inspiration or mother of dragons as the mother of monsters & god's?
My point is Tiamat is depicted with no legs human legs & 4 in proto- gryphon sort of form.
Apologies for the length Alberich.
Finally they've done a deep independent video on dragons. This is exactly the type of video I've been waiting for from this channel!!!!!! Thank you
Dragons have got to be the most versatile creatures in history, whether they genuinely existed or just through pure imagination. Dragons are said to be a mix of different animal characteristics. And, they’ve also been depicted to be of different elements which the closest animal we have to this is a Chameleon. In the west, we see dragons as mighty scaly beasts with wings and fire breathing capabilities. Yet, asian cultures view these mighty creatures with a snake-like body with no wings. In certain Asian cultures, they also live underwater or deep in mountain caves. Dragons are just really awesome and diverse. They’re amazing
Dragons are by far the best magical creatures 🐲
Dragons, Unicorns, Werewolves, Elves and Vampires are the most iconic fantasy creatures.
Aliens, banshees, centaurs, cyclopes, dwarves, fairies, genies, ghosts, giants, gnomes, krakens, leprechauns, merpeople, ogres, phoenixes, pixies, satyrs, trolls, wizards, zombies…
And every single one of them has their own erotica subgenre!
I agree with the statements
Elvis
In my opinion it’s unicorns, mermaids and dragons. But there are way way way more
I always love to see Dragons they are so powerful, so fantasy and so legendry 🐉🔥🏰🗡
this is ACTUALLY the best myth / fiction channel
As somebody born in the Rhine area of Germany between the cities of Cologne and Bonn the legend of Siegfried and the dragon from the Nibellungen saga is a firmly established part of local culture and folklore. The mountain known as Drachenfels (dragon´s rock) is a popular destination for a day trip as it is said to be the place where the dragon used to live before it was slain.
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I just gotta love the Nordic tales. Except for one element they are always very inventive !
That one thing being Loki making some mess and then having to fix it
He is a fun character.
And making another mess too!
My list of dragons that I know
Amphiptere, Hydra, Lindworm, Ouroboros, Wyvern, vetrovnjak/zmajeviti, Zduhac, Zmajeviti, zmey, Zmeu, Aiatar, Amphisbaena, Asdeev, Baxia, Beithir, Bian, Bixi, Bukavac, Burrunjar, Chaofeng, Chiwen, Dahag, Denglong, Jabberwock, Jiaotu, Longgui, Mbielu, Odontotyranno, Pulao, Pyrausta, Qilin, Qiuniu, scitalis, Suanni, Taotie, Tatzelwurm, Tizheruk, velue/peluda, Yazi, Niu, Xi, Balaur, Herensuge, Tiamat, Zirnitra, Bakunawa, Minokawa, vibria, sárkany, drakaina, drak, drac
I think that Ann McCaffrey's dragons from her best selling series Dragon Riders Of Pern. They are large, largest is 40 meters nose to tail, intelligent, beautiful, they fly, and they form a lifelong unbreakable mind to mind bond with 1 person.
I wish that someone will make a live action movie based on her books.
Do not forget Ursela Le Guin's work. :) ~The Dragon Master ~ Founder, The Dragon Society {Est. 1984}
I ❤ Dragons!!🐉✨ So majestic!
Dragons are my favorite mythical creatures. It's nice to hear some historic background, how dragons change over time and how different cultures saw them. Great work!
Tolkien's Glaurung was a fire breather. Look in the Silmarillion to a Dagor Bragolach and Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
So if the Lernean Hydra had nine heads when Heracles went after it, it must have started out with an uneven number of heads and then grew more as people tried to slay it, right? I wonder how many heads it had when it originally hatched, just three?
One. It started with one. That's the lowest odd number.
Every chopped of head increases the number of heads by one. As such it could be any number of heads lower or equal to 9.
@@danielseelye6005 i was gonna say that lol
In a fantasy novel I'm designing, dragons are like natural custodians. They leave their lairs only to destroy whatever thing is upsetting the environment. When they do this, their fiery breath (or other elemental power) reinvigorates and purifies the land to allow for new growth.
Dragons are served by wyverns who hunt for them and protect their lairs. There's also a dragonic mortal race they've created called Draken, to which dragons often forge covenants with, allowing draken to access dragonic powers in exchange for letting the dragon perceive the mortal world through their eyes.
I pride myself on emphasizing moral shades of grey in my writing, especially when it comes to relationships between people, cultures, and species. When it comes to dragons, I didn't want them to be inherently evil, while involving the whole dragons burning down villages thing. So, I had to create a reason as to why they'd do that. Essentially, I don't see people as inherent good vs inherent evil. It's more like contradicting and opposing needs and desires. Granted, yes, there are dragons who are evil. The idea is that good and evil can exist in individuals, not groups.
As for the religious element, I can best put it this way. Gods are on the side of their followers. Except for a small few other races, that's mostly human. Dragons, though, favor nature. The conflict between the two is a representation of man vs nature.
Have you finished the book yet? I’m interested in reading it.
Always loved dragons
And whats not to love about them
They have great desings from alll over the world
There are more depictions of Dragons from other lores not discussed in this video...I will excitingly wait for part 2.
doing gods work man, another excellent video
Always glad to see more dragons.
Always wanted to know this information. Thank you for this video.
I've always wondered when the day would come that my favorite mythical creature would be covered on this channel, and you did not disappoint. This was delightful; thank you. The idea of dragons originally being more snake-like before being depicted as they are now is something interesting for me to think about.
Me too, I think that we may come to Earth to earn our wings. I do think I am a Dragon, having a human experience.
Do a part 2. You missed India, South America, and Australia. 😊
I didn't catch the similarity to The Hobbit because I was thinking it was like the opera about a magical ring. 😅
Can you cover the Ouroboros?
Tolkien loved all of that Northern Mythology. So yes, as I heard you telling the story it did take me to him and the Hobbit. Dragon went through such a transformation across the ages.
Hmm is wider Germanic influence "northern"? I guess it depends on your perspective. Or there's a decent chance you're granting all of that to a set number of countries you particularly like, I guess
I really appreciate this look at a subject, like dragons, across different culutres. Could you do others? LIke the Fae, Bigfoot, Kraken etc? thnx!
I guess the norse story shows that your mistakes dont just affect you, but it can affect those around you.
I like all dragons from different cultures
I do to
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Technically Tiamat was the very first dragon and/or serpent in existence in mythology’s.
Also you should’ve talked about the Aztec serpent god.
Finally history of my favorite mythological creature
Next the history of the Giants
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Thanks👍! Awesome video!
Hell yeah! Dragons!
Interestingly, Skyrim has a dragon priest named Volsung, and in their dragon language, Volsung means "horrible." Since a lot of the game's mythology and culture of the local people in it is norse-based, it's entirely possible that the priest was purposefully named after that story with Fafnir.
Pretty good video. My favorite dragons are probably the Zmei of Eastern Europe. It's like they combined both Western and Asian dragons together.
Terrific video! 🗡🔥🐉 Truly one of the best channels on youtube.🙌
Would love a revisitation to the Cthulhu mythos with some more readings and explanations !!!
A complete Cthulhu mythos overview is a large scale project in the works.
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I've created an AD&D campaign centered around five (5) brothers whom are all half dragons. But they are not fire breathing dragons but rather DreamDragons whom are serpents of Asian appearance. Your video here affirms the fact that my instinctive choices were correctly done. Thanks for adding to the mix of my concept.
I always love you expaineding your Dragon video library. 🐲🐉
Please make a video all about the mythical creature plus mythical race called Giants from before and now please
Are dragons our friends or are they ancient enemies?
Could depend on the dragon. like some people are really nice and then there are those people...
_I know a nice purple Dragon that is chill, he is not a problem for me but if you're a normal joe then I suggest not to anger him even if looks may decieve._
both
Depends of a dragon.
Still at the age of 30 I still love dragon they are so fierce yet mystical I think growing up the midevil dragons were my favorite but now as an adult I love the eastern depiction because of how beautiful and magical they can be also how terrifyingly powerful they were
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The fafnir one reminded me of magnus chase but eh
Loved the video , wished you made the video longer talking about dragons 🐉 for alot longer . Whilst they're Not my favourite fictional animal/trope , My Mum is born under the Chinese zodiac sign of the dragon 🐉. Watching this from Australia , where technically there's another version of a dragon mythology you failed to mention : Creation of the Australia's landscape by the rainbow serpent in Aboriginal walkabout dreamtime stories 🐲🌈🦚
He has returned.
Ancient Egyptians sometimes believed that when there was a solar eclipse or a particularly cloudy day, Apep had temporarily won the battle against Ra and his task force of other really cool gods.
Great Work! thanks
Yamta no Orochi is my favorite serpent.
The whole 'burnt finger on magical food' motif also shows up w/ the legends of Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in fact, looking into it it shows up in a couple european folklores, and the broader 'eat the special food without permission and acquire magical insight' motif even shows up in one of the tales of the brothers grimm...
It has a type number and everything - 673.
This is exactly the type of video I've been waiting for from this channel!!!!!! Thank you
Hello. I really admire what you do, you are one of my favorite channels, and this video has helped me a lot to give me a few ideas about what I want to do on my own channel, where I will start to analyze and present different types of dragons and legends about these.
Thank you so much for your hard work, it really lifts my spirit and helps inspire me.
Love this channel man! Could you do one about Gilgamesh please? Preferably a lengthy one? 😊
So basically, the moral of Fafnir's story is that Loki will cause a mess (Otr's death) and when asked to clean up, he creates another mess? (Hreidmarr's death and Fafnir's whole affairs)
Dragons are my favorite mythical creature. Full of magic and mystical powers.
One of the best videos about dragons I've seen to date!
As a big fan of dragons
This video was much needed
How have I not found or may have forgotten about this channel
*Dragons are my favorite animals🩵❤️🌸🐉🐲*
The story of a warrior killing a dragon with a spear is pagan in its origin, christianity just adapted it and put Saint George as a warrior. In Slavic mythology (and many others) there's a story of a God of Thunder killing a serpent/dragon with a spear/lightning. It's a story that explains the first thunderstorm, the beginning of spring and the ending of winter which the serpent/dragon represents. So in Slavic mythology that would be Perun killing Veles in a shape of a serpent
Did hero.
This is the video I've been waiting for since I've been subbed 🥰🐉
I was waiting for you to talk about dragons for a LONG time.
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The red and white dragons mythology is used in an anime called high school dxd definitely not meant for children watch with caution. The light novel explains things in greater detail. Love the episode though
What’s up with the dragon wit the old man’s face on the thumbnail??
I think that must be Apalala/Apalāladamana
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Looooved your video!
First of, let me just say thank you so much about the acknowledgement that wyvern are a TYPE of dragon.
Second of, an honorable mention for the least dragon-looking dragon, I emplore everyone to look up the tarrasque from before it was a DnD monster! It falls under the category of monster tamed/defeated by some kind of saint, as far as I recall, but my god a weird amalgamation of creatures!
Enjoy your day people!
I really liked how you presented a timeline of the changing depictions of the European Dragon image. You touched a little on the Chinese and Korean dragon, I hope you do another video of how those images have changed over time.
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Personally my favorite Dragon will always be Ancalagon the Black from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion
Can you make a special about demons?
Dragon - and proud of it ;)
Fun fact : Godzilla’s arch nemesis is a Three Headed Dragon from outer space.
What is it exactly these creatures are dragging , and where are they dragging it to ?
Broski brought me here
We call them dinosaurs today, they belong to the sea.
2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON 🐉💚
Dragons are kind of my favorite mythical creature ❤❤🐉🐲
European dragons were originally giant snakes that, over the course of history, have added more and more characteristics until they become the winged, fire-breathing lizards (actually scaly wolves) that we all know.
They even originally spit poison, which over time came to be interpreted as fire.
In fact the word dragon comes from the Greco-Roman "Drakkon" or "Drako" which means "(Great) serpent".
2:01 who is that guy in the bottom left 😍
I frickin love dragons, as they are my favorite mythical beasts of old. Since they aren't real, I see salt water crocodiles as dragons of the river so that's why I love crocodiles as well, seeing them as a suitable representation of the real thing.
Can you do a video about the Earth deities?
So, let's say that village had rejected being baptized, what would Saint George had done? Freed the dragon again? Ordered it to burn down this village of heathens?
Given that the guy had seemingly no problem defeating the dragon it sounds less like a hero saving the day and more like he took advantage of the village's plight. But I guess Christian PR has always been kind of hit or miss.
if a dragon has no wings then its weakest of their kind
unless its a sea dragon or a dragon that lives under ground.
You thinking of sárkany the most common depiction of dragons. If you want a western dragon that's closest to the eastern dragon look towards zmey that has the power to control the weather. If you want a western dragon god of magic then you got Zirnitra
Are all dragons fire breathing?
@@viktorgadany7595 Hydra and wyvern are poisonous said to breath out poison gas or gas that is like acid. Western dragon called Gargouille that breathes out scolding hot water. Drac is a demon dragon that has psychic powers and female drac breastfeed if the female are unable to breastfeed the male would search for a human female a use it power to brainwashed and mind control the female to be the maid towards the female dragon and sometime drac used their psychic powers to mind control villagers to be it's rulers. The 9 dragon son just makes sounds nothing special to them besides being children towards the dragon king. Zmey sometimes depicts breathing out lighting. Think zmey as King Ghidorah in what it should look like but nicer and as guardians that fight against storm demons. The only fire breathing dragon from myth was sárkany and leviathan
@@viktorgadany7595 no they breathe ice ligthing and poison as well
Great video.
I love dragons 🐉
Banger
U should do audio sounds with a keyboard or something like wings flapping or fire breathing f etc would be dope
Dragons are real. I was married to one 😂
Dragons are so awesome 😎 and rad forever ♾️
Out of all the Fantastic hybrid humanoids and hybrid beasts, Dragons are easily my most favorite Deities or just a mortal race.
Alguns dragões, de pinturas históricas, parecem dinossauros, especialmente espinossaurídeos.
this is literally me
Hi can make a video about the theory of the Fallen angle becoming the god of the other countries? The link between the Fallen angle and the Greek, Norse, Roman, etc?.
You know, I actually have this theory that some guy from ancient times came across what we now know as dinosaur bones and that's where the myths and legends about dragons came from
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Just hearing about dragons and dinosaurs reminds me of my childhood. Pretending to be the hero who slays the beast and such. Haha 😅