Dragons, really ?

 

     To me it seems rather odd that the existence of dragons has ever been in question, and the reason many think they were mere fantasy seems to be that they have mostly been associated with what we have known as Fairy Tales. The Brave Prince fighting for the Fair Maiden against the fierce dragon! Beowulf, in recent years, was a very violent movie about this ancient hero, but it is unfortunate that the story was so fictionalized because the true story would have been much more intriguing!  The story tells of a king, an unusually kind king, who defends his people against a dragon terrorizing his people, he fights the dragon and kills it but the king is unfortunately bitten and dies.
This was, perhaps, much like a Komodo dragon, but with some distinct differences. There are pictures, carvings, and various images from all over the world of dragons!  They are all quite similar,; the head looks like a sea horse, the body snake-like, scaly; and some with wings.
Fire breathing?  Job 41 tells of a large dragon-like creature that breathes out fire and smoke, especially verses 18-21....
       18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
    its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 Flames stream from its mouth;
    sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours from its nostrils
    as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 Its breath sets coals ablaze,
    and flames dart from its mouth.
Most legends have a base of fact, and dragons have far more evidence than many legends we accept as true.
So, why are the stories of dragons, werewolves, and other ancient stories, in the last posting, so important?  Because, if these stories are true, then the historians who reported the stories can be relied on to tell the truth.  This is vital to the history our ancestors lived, they have something of great value to pass on to us if what they have recorded is true, and then, it is a history we urgently need to heed in our own day.
The next posting will tell of the travels of our ancestors. Ancestors of all of us, you may ask...likely not, yet, a great deal many of us, and it is our heritage!