Chinese Dragon - Photo from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn many Asian cultures the Chinese Dragon is often thought to be representatives of nature, religion and the Universe.\u00a0 They are usually associated with wisdom as they are thought to be wiser than humans.\u00a0 These particular dragons may also contain magical powers.\u00a0 Hmmm… I guess this makes sense considering “Puff the Magic Dragon” was magical, right?\u00a0 Finally, some cultures believe that the Dragon can speak the language of humans and actually taught us how to speak.\u00a0 Well that was awfully nice of them to take time out of their busy schedule to teach us how to talk.<\/p>\n
Dragon Fast Fact – <\/strong>Dinosaurs and other large fossils have been mistaken for the bones of dragons.\u00a0 For example, in 300 BC large bones were classed as belonging to a Dragon.\u00a0 It is thought that the myths of dragons and other mythological creatures were created to explain fossils of animals that had never been seen by humans before.\u00a0 That would be kind of fun, right?\u00a0 Find some bones and use your imagination to make up an animal that they could belong to.\u00a0 That is how archaeology and anthropology should work!<\/p>\nWe are now past the half-way mark with our Mythical Wild Facts.\u00a0 Make sure you tune in tomorrow for another interesting fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are into the middle of our Mythical Wild Facts and after looking at Unicorns and the Loch Ness Monster it only makes sense that we learn a little more about a nice fire-breathing Dragon.\u00a0 Today we enter the fairy tales to find the truth behind Dragons.\u00a0 Believe it or not there are two different lineages for dragons which arose separately from one another.\u00a0 The first is the European Dragon which was derived from Greek and Middle Eastern cultures.\u00a0 On the other hand is the Chinese Dragon which obviously comes from the Asian and Korean cultures.\u00a0 So let’s learn a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1459,4024],"tags":[348,1479,1475,1477,1476,1478,1480,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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