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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8996490" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>For me the most important reallife archetypes about the dragon are:</p><p></p><p>The dragon is actually a species of snake. (There are reallife prehistoric ancestors of snakes that still have limbs, and the dragon would be an evolutionary branch from them. The dragon resembles a blend of snake and other animals, such as snake-lion-eagle or snake-wolf-bat, but is actually a kind of snake.)</p><p></p><p>The snake never blinks. Hence, the snake is all-seeing. The snake is intelligent and cunning, and is pragmatically aware of what actually is or isnt possible. It is impossible to bluff a snake. Oppositely, the snake is skilled at deception, and precisely exploits on the vulnerabilities of foes.</p><p></p><p>The snake has venom. The breath weapon is complex with various possible effects, including medical properties. Dragon breath can heal, and do other kinds of effects, including mind-altering effects.</p><p></p><p>The snake sheds its skin. Hence, the snake is eternally youthful and immortal. Other creatures can gain draconic properties to likewise rejuvenate, to become young, healthy and whole.</p><p></p><p>The Greek snake Drakon is actually the African Python, which is known for constricting around its prey to suffocate it. The Dragon tail can capture, entangle, immobilize, and kill a target</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8996490, member: 58172"] For me the most important reallife archetypes about the dragon are: The dragon is actually a species of snake. (There are reallife prehistoric ancestors of snakes that still have limbs, and the dragon would be an evolutionary branch from them. The dragon resembles a blend of snake and other animals, such as snake-lion-eagle or snake-wolf-bat, but is actually a kind of snake.) The snake never blinks. Hence, the snake is all-seeing. The snake is intelligent and cunning, and is pragmatically aware of what actually is or isnt possible. It is impossible to bluff a snake. Oppositely, the snake is skilled at deception, and precisely exploits on the vulnerabilities of foes. The snake has venom. The breath weapon is complex with various possible effects, including medical properties. Dragon breath can heal, and do other kinds of effects, including mind-altering effects. The snake sheds its skin. Hence, the snake is eternally youthful and immortal. Other creatures can gain draconic properties to likewise rejuvenate, to become young, healthy and whole. The Greek snake Drakon is actually the African Python, which is known for constricting around its prey to suffocate it. The Dragon tail can capture, entangle, immobilize, and kill a target [/QUOTE]
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