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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 8875692" data-attributes="member: 1125">In Komodo the legend is told of Putri Naga (Princess Naga) who became pregnant and gave birth to twins, a son and a daughter . The baby boy is named Gerong and is raised among humans. While his twin named Orah has the shape of a giant lizard (Komodo dragon) and grew up in the middle of the forest. …being a Komodo dragon legend is quite ironic given the point of contention, but Komodo dragons are monitor lizards not mythic serpents. As you yourself indicate the greek term Drakon refers to giant serpents and serpentine creatures which can be seen in Chinese lung and even in various european wurms but not so much in Dragonborn hence my assertion that Dragonborn are a poor stand-in for dragons. The serpentine nature of the mythic Drakini also makes using those examples as raison d'être for dragonborn somewhat moot. I have no issue with halfdragons or even draconians, but I just dont thinks dragonborn are a good depiction of dragons or a reptilian species.Anyway besides the Komodo legend above there are also the Ubaid Lizard-women artefacts from prehistoric Mesopotamia (predating Uruk and Sumerian culture) admittedly not much is known about them except for the ‘reptilian’ heads and indeed lizard is often conflated with serpent in mythic depictions, and really once you give a serpent arms and legs are they not lizards?[ATTACH=full]271082[/ATTACH]</blockquote>