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| Grael |
To find various Asiatic and Middle Eastern dragons, I had to look in various books for illustrations of them. I finally found several in two books. The stories and the dragons depicted in these books were mostly the Middle Eastern dragons.
5 January 2011
From: “The Book of Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts” by Joseph Nigg.
The Story: “Cosmic Dragon, Source of Earth and Sky”
The dragon of the story was Freyth, the Middle Eastern dragon of fire. He was depicted breathing flames. This dragon was red-orange, with yellow eyes, black horns, and had talons for claws.
6 January 2011
From: “The Book of Dragons and Other Mythical Beasts” by Joseph Nigg.
The Story: “Nagas: Serpents of the Waters”
The Indian Naga depicted in the story was a woman with a snake’s body. She was guarding various treasures underwater. Besides having a body of a snake, the naga also had snakes coming out of her hair.
7 January 2011
From: “Dragons”, stories compiled by Steve Dobell.
Story: “Introduction to Biblical Dragons”
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The Archangel Michael is depicted defeating a dragon, which has feathered wings and curly horns. The dragon, pictured with horse’s ears and red eyes, is also covered with fur. I believe that this dragon is Grael, the Middle Eastern dragon of chaos.
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