Dragons
posted by voyager 11 | November 24, 2010
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IcerocketWhy is the dragon the only global mythological animal?
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According to Wikipedia...
— Nov 26, 2010
In the early Vedic religion, Vritra (Vṛtra वृत्र "the enveloper"), is an Asura and also a serpent or dragon, the personification of drought and enemy of Indra. Vritra was also known in the Vedas as Ahi ("snake"). He appears as a dragon blocking the course of the Rivers and is heroically slain by Indra.
Voyager 11 Actually
— Mar 16, 2011
Voyager 11 Actually there are. There are a reptilian people that the later Hindu culture referred to as the Nagas. They are also spoken of by the Vedics who are an early Aryan culture. All Aryan cultures have serpents and dragons in their mythos.
because it has a place in
— Nov 27, 2010
because it has a place in our collective subconscious perhaps?
"Among animals, I am the lion." -- Lord Krishna
