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According to the Webster dictionary, dragons are serpents or saurians. However, the dragons dipicted by western illustrations do not fit the description well. Anyone knows why?

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According to the Webster dictionary, dragons are serpents or saurians. However, the dragons dipicted by western illustrations do not fit the description well. Anyone knows why?

: Dragons have not been illustrated, or even described, consistently *at all* throughout most of Western literature and mythology. [Anne McCaffrey]? wrote a book (I currently forget the title) that was basically an excuse to showcase a bunch of artists' dragon pieces, but the story tying them together has the author discussing the history of dragon lore, and the conflicting descriptions therein. : A google search turns up http://www.draconian.com/whatis/ which goes into a fair amount of detail; we probably can't use the content directly though. -- Bignose