Origin & Meaning of Dragon
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The word "dragon" has a variety of literal and symbolic mean-ings which are drawn from different cultures and periods of time. Dragons have such a widespread presence in literature and myth-ology that nearly everyone has an immediate personal concept of the term, but many would never imagine some of the historical variations of the term. Based on personal interpretations of the most common literal meanings, my personal definition of the word "dragon" is that it means: a mythical monster or beast, usually reptilian; a large serpent, lizard, or snake; sin or satan, or a representative of evil power.In the Western world, "dragon" can be traced back to its ancient Greek origin. It comes from the Greek word drakon, which means "serpent." It was used literally to mean a snake or lizard and also used symbolically to represent evil or sin. A snake has often been used as the symbol of the devil or sin. The snake in the Garden of Eden was a symbol for the devil, and the story of St. George slaying the dragon represented symbolically the triumph of good over evil. The Latin word draco was taken from the Greek root drakon. Again it
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