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Main articles: European dragon, Welsh Dragon, Wyvern, Saint George and the Dragon, Margaret the Virgin, and Dacian Draco Fifteenth-century manuscript illustration of the battle of the Red and White Dragons from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain Archaeologists have made an exciting discovery in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region – an ancient dragon assembled from mussel shells. It predates one of the earliest dragon ornaments ever found, a C-shaped jade dragon from the Neolithic Hongshan Culture.
Friar, Stephen; Ferguson, John (1993), Basic Heraldry, New York City, New York and London, England: W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-393-03463-1 Draconic creatures appear in virtually all cultures around the globe [12] and the earliest attested reports of draconic creatures resemble giant snakes. Draconic creatures are first described in the mythologies of the ancient Near East and appear in ancient Mesopotamian art and literature. Stories about storm-gods slaying giant serpents occur throughout nearly all Near Eastern and Indo-European mythologies. Famous prototypical draconic creatures include the mušḫuššu of ancient Mesopotamia; Apep in Egyptian mythology; Vṛtra in the Rigveda; the Leviathan in the Hebrew Bible; Grand'Goule in the Poitou region in France; Python, Ladon, Wyvern and the Lernaean Hydra in Greek mythology; Kulshedra in Albanian Mythology; Unhcegila in Lakota mythology; Jörmungandr, Níðhöggr, and Fafnir in Norse mythology; the dragon from Beowulf; and aži and az in ancient Persian mythology, closely related to another mythological figure, called Aži Dahaka or Zahhak. Unlike the abstract C-shaped design, this mussel shell dragon exhibits a higher degree of realism, with minute details painstakingly carved into the shells’ surfaces. C-shaped jade dragon, Hongshan Culture, ca. 4500-3000 BCE. Credit: David Owsley Museum
Undergarment clothing with long, broad sleeves was worn under the outer coat. Genghis Khan (1158–1227) oversaw the widespread use of strong silk for this undergarment.
Among the series’ many truncated story lines, the story of Daario Naharis strikes me as one of the most tragic but also most beautiful. I wonder how the young slave boy from Essos—raised to a life of servitude and violence and who, through a twist of fate like no other, found himself lover and killer for the greatest queen who ever lived—ended his days. Viserys would never reclaim the Iron Throne, but his sister Daenerys Stormborn would. Bayan never restored the glory of the Mongol empire, but his aunt by marriage, Manduhai Khatun did. Though the creature itself is fascinating to look at… No, they did not find an actual dragon in Mongolia. This is why in Mongolian shamanic symbolism you see a lot of snakes, because in most Asian cultures snakes are considered little dragons, and by recognizing snakes in our symbolism we are thereby also honoring the Water Dragon, the king of that realm.McNeal, R. "Constructing Myth in Modern China." The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 71, No. 3 (AUGUST 2012), pp. 679-704.
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