Cordwainer Fish
Imp. Int. Scout Svc. (Dishon. Ret.)
I thought it was something in the Kama Sutra.Not true. A one-legged dragon is a yoga pose.
I thought it was something in the Kama Sutra.Not true. A one-legged dragon is a yoga pose.
A dragon is a dragon no matter how many damn legs it has.
And a dragon with no legs is a naga.Not true. A one-legged dragon is a yoga pose.
Are naga actually dragons? They have no wings.And a dragon with no legs is a naga.
Tolkien wrote extensively about dragons and dragon-kind in his scholarly work. He argued that there were only three “true” dragons in European literature: the dragon that slew Beowulf; the world serpent of Norse myth; and Fafnir of the Siegfried cycle. Number of legs was an irrelevance.Are naga actually dragons? They have no wings.
That's pretty interesting. How many legs did each of those dragons have?Tolkien wrote extensively about dragons and dragon-kind in his scholarly work. He argued that there were only three “true” dragons in European literature: the dragon that slew Beowulf; the world serpent of Norse myth; and Fafnir of the Siegfried cycle. Number of legs was an irrelevance.
Tolkien hoped that Smaug might become the Fourth Dragon.
The world serpent is usually depicted as having none. The others, the source material does not say. I don't think any of them fly.That's pretty interesting. How many legs did each of those dragons have?