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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''dragun'', from [[Latin]] ''dracon''-, ''draco'' serpent, dragon, from Greek ''drakōn'' serpent; akin to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''torht'' bright, Greek ''derkesthai'' to see, look at
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1:archaic : a huge serpent
*2: a [[mythical]] animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws
*3: a [[violent]], [[combative]], or very strict [[person]]
*4: something or someone formidable or baneful
==Description==
A '''dragon''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_creature legendary creature], typically with serpentine or reptilian [[traits]], that feature in the [[myths]] of many [[cultures]]. There are two distinct cultural [[traditions]] of dragons: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dragon European dragon], derived from European [[folk]] [[traditions]] and ultimately related to [[Greek]] and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon Chinese dragon], with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.
The two [[traditions]] may have evolved separately, but have [[influenced]] each to a certain extent, particularly with the cross-cultural contact of recent centuries. The [[English]] word "dragon" derives from [[Greek]] δράκων (drákōn), "dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake", which probably comes from the verb δρακεῖν (drakeîn) "to see [[clearly]]". In the [[New Testament]], the [[Devil]] takes the form of a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, in his battle against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel_Michael Archangel Michael].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''dragun'', from [[Latin]] ''dracon''-, ''draco'' serpent, dragon, from Greek ''drakōn'' serpent; akin to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''torht'' bright, Greek ''derkesthai'' to see, look at
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1:archaic : a huge serpent
*2: a [[mythical]] animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws
*3: a [[violent]], [[combative]], or very strict [[person]]
*4: something or someone formidable or baneful
==Description==
A '''dragon''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_creature legendary creature], typically with serpentine or reptilian [[traits]], that feature in the [[myths]] of many [[cultures]]. There are two distinct cultural [[traditions]] of dragons: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dragon European dragon], derived from European [[folk]] [[traditions]] and ultimately related to [[Greek]] and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon Chinese dragon], with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.
The two [[traditions]] may have evolved separately, but have [[influenced]] each to a certain extent, particularly with the cross-cultural contact of recent centuries. The [[English]] word "dragon" derives from [[Greek]] δράκων (drákōn), "dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake", which probably comes from the verb δρακεῖν (drakeîn) "to see [[clearly]]". In the [[New Testament]], the [[Devil]] takes the form of a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, in his battle against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel_Michael Archangel Michael].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
