Dracology

Originally posted by Ikki Another question, why is the dragon evil in the West, and sacred in the East?

Wow! I missed this most important question.

According to some modern Anti-patriarchal interpretations, the reason for the Dragon being demonized in the west is that it embodied the ancient "Neolithic" religion of the Mother Godess. As in Basque mythology, probably in pre-IE Europe (and, up to a point, is some parts of early IE Europe), the Dragon was the consort of the Godess (Mother Earth?). The myths of a hero killing the Dragon, starting (as far as we can trace) by Apollo in Delfos, represent the victory of the new Patriarchal order over the older "Matristic" (or Matrifocal) order. Medieval versions of these legends paint the Dragon as kidnapping a maid (the Godess) but, according to Casilda Rodriga�ez (see http://www.casildarodriganez.org/, in Spanish), the actual true original meaning is that the Dragon was actually protecting her, as he was her natural consort (the God) in the context of an egalitarian Matrifocal religion of fertility.

Yet, even in Medieval times, we find some authors that give a more favorable role to the Dragon, particularly in the cycle of Arthur.

Due to this (violent) social and cultural transformation, the Dragon-God became the Dragon-Devil, in a simmilar manner as many Pagan mythological characters were demonized under Christianity and the other Abrahmanic religions.

The Godess was kidnapped then by the Apolinean Patriarchal "hero" and became gradually: lesser godess, godess consort, human saint/consort and even disappeared at all from religion/mythology.

But don't worry, the Dragon is back.

Originally posted by Zagros Interesting similarity between the Persian Ejdeha and Serbian Azdeja (with j pronounced as y).

Actually, it's Azhdaya.I didn't know it was an iranian word...interesting.

     In Armenian, dragon is Vishab (pronounced vee-shahb).

Originally posted by Maju Originally posted by Ikki Another question, why is the dragon evil in the West, and sacred in the East? Wow! I missed this most important question. According to some modern Anti-patriarchal interpretations, the reason for the Dragon being demonized in the west is that it embodied the ancient "Neolithic" religion of the Mother Godess. As in Basque mythology, probably in pre-IE Europe (and, up to a point, is some parts of early IE Europe), the Dragon was the consort of the Godess (Mother Earth?). The myths of a hero killing the Dragon, starting (as far as we can trace) by Apollo in Delfos, represent the victory of the new Patriarchal order over the older "Matristic" (or Matrifocal) order. Medieval versions of these legends paint the Dragon as kidnapping a maid (the Godess) but, according to Casilda Rodriga�ez (see http://www.casildarodriganez.org/, in Spanish), the actual true original meaning is that the Dragon was actually protecting her, as he was her natural consort (the God) in the context of an egalitarian Matrifocal religion of fertility. Yet, even in Medieval times, we find some authors that give a more favorable role to the Dragon, particularly in the cycle of Arthur. Due to this (violent) social and cultural transformation, the Dragon-God became the Dragon-Devil, in a simmilar manner as many Pagan mythological characters were demonized under Christianity and the other Abrahmanic religions. The Godess was kidnapped then by the Apolinean Patriarchal "hero" and became gradually: lesser godess, godess consort, human saint/consort and even disappeared at all from religion/mythology. But don't worry, the Dragon is back.

Then u didn't like the 13th warrior -they r fighting against cannibals who worship the Mother Godess.That statue they showed in the film looks exactly like the one from Lepenski Vir culture in Serbia...

Btw-that film was  a load of commercial rubbish...