User blog:Tragould/Dragon Family

The Dragon Family is a species of the same category of how the world had viewed Dragons, the example is in that the East had Long/Asian Dragon and Drukk/Arctic Dragon as how the east had viewed dragons of the culture. While the Americas had Coatl and Amphiptere that are Serpents with Wings as the East viewed them as gods. But the complete Serpentine like the Leviathan/Sea Orc that always labeled as Dragons of the Sea and the Wyrm/Basilisk as seen in most of English to Irish Folklore as images of the Devil. The unusual is the Hydra which has multi heads, and the Basilisk/Tarasque with multiple legs and eyes. The ones more similar to Dinosaurs are the Wyvern similar to the Therapods like T-Rex and The Dragonette similar to the Bird footed Dinosaurs such as Iguanodon or Hadrosaurs. The Dragon and Drake/Drakk have only the features of Modern Dragons but Drakk has no wings.

Dragon
The very source of the mythos of the world today, from Beowulf to modern gaming such as Spyro the Dragon to even Tolkiens work on The Hobbit with Smaug the Golden that was inspired from Fáfnir and the Dragon of Beowulf for Tolkiens inspiration. Dragons came from cultures such as English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Norse, Greek, and even Biblical Mythology. The Dinosaurs are considered living proof on how the mythos on Dragons. The Dragon made an impact even for transformations as seen in Sleeping Beauty to the 2007 version of Beowulf. The Dragon also serves as a symbol of Satan, a symbol of Kings such as King Arthur as seen in the Red Welsh Dragon of Wales, and even creativity of reinterpreting Beowulf, King Arthur, and especially in Comics.

Wyvern
The Wyvern is kin of Dragons that also range from Scandinavian myth to even the Celtic myth in Scotland, unlike the Dragon, they have more features of a dinosaur, like the Tyrannosaurus or even Allosaurus that would give the modern world an idea of the connection of Dragons and Dinosaurs. For Mythology the Red Cross Dragon often referenced the features of a Wyvern for it's the ferocity and devastating power with the ability to breathe fire when flapping its chest muscles causing the dragon's fire to give out a destructive amount of heat. This is a popular design for dragons from Games of Thrones to Beowulf in 2007, along with Filmation's Happily Ever After with Lord Maliss and Sir Rothbart in Swan Princess had been inspired by the Wyvern that would actually be the design for Modern Dragons today.

Long
The Long is the Asian counterpart of the Dragons of the West, the Long has a more peaceful and less antagonizing role than the Dragon that it is more of a guardian than an evil entity that must be slain. The Long is serpentine and more like a combination of the animals in the east such as Ox, Deer, Eagle, Tiger, and Snake that made the Eastern Dragon more different than the Western culture. They are considered Gods of the Sea and Water in Chinese Mythology to Japanese Mythology that exchanged design and the same dragon as a symbol of Luck and Good Will to the Chinese farmers.

Coatl
The Coatl or Feathered Serpents is a Dragon Clan in the South American and Central American Myth in Aztec and Mayan Cultures. Quetzalcoatl is a primary example of the Coatl being considered a god to the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan cultures along with Kalkan and even Rainbow Serpent may have been Feathered Serpents for both South/Central American and Aboriginal mythology. The Coatl is believed to be a Rattlesnake and combined with an Eagle or Falcon to make the form of a Coatl.

Hydra
The Hydra is often used in Greek/Roman mythology, Slavic Myth, and especially Biblical such as the seven-headed Beast, Satan, and even a group destroyed by the Christian unit. The Hydra is said to be a sibling to Cerberus and Chimera. Japan also has Yamata no Orochi is an example of the Hydra being influenced in the Eastern Culture as a threat to the Japanese Pantheon only to be slain by Susanoo with the Sword of Storms.