Video: talking about dragons

Dragons

For the ones interested, this was the text I used for this video.

Intro

Hello, my name is Barbara and this is Bongo. As you can see, Bongo is a shoulder dragon and also the subject of today’s video. Because I wondered: Why are dragons so fascinating?

What are dragons?

Dragons are known around the world. They are one of the most well known mythical creatures and widely used in games, television series and movies. To be clear about what I am talking about, I give a short description.

Appearance

Dragons are mythical creatures, usually with scales or feathers. They come in all sizes, but most of them are bigger than humans and they  can spew fire or poison. Dragons can have wings or no tand there are two cultural different types of dragons.

• The European dragon is a dragon with an evil mind. They will attack humans and destroy villages. They are out for loot and food. Even when they can talk, they will resolve tot heir instinct and enourmous strenght. The european dragon is usually scaled and is a quadruplet or sexdruplet. This means they have two legs and two wings or four legs and a seperate set of wings.
• The Oriental dragon is different from the european dragon in that they are considered wise and forces of nature. They do not have wings, but float through the sky with their long, snake-like body and four legs.

Behaviour

Both dragons are strong and have no problem destroying people. Oriental dragons however can be good as well and can provide wisdom or blessings to some special person. They live everywhere, but usually in nature or ruins. European dragons are serious horders and like their loot. Gold, silver, gems and more riches are normally what dragons collect.

Information

So dragons are big beasts, can spew fire and have a magical air about them. But when looking at available information you need to do some serious research. I worked through pages and pages of google results and youtube clips to find some information. I found a wikipedia and a website called Draconian (Here be dragons). The latter being found by accident. The information about dragons ranges from where the dragons come from (culture) why dragons would be real or not to how dragons live and what they eat and look like.

The information available is a lot less than I expected. With all their popularity in series like Game of Thrones, movies like the Hobbit and many many games, I had expected a lot more than two relevant websites.

What makes dragons fascinating?

To me, dragons are fascinating because there is something mystical about them. They are gigantic, but can fly almost without any noise. They can spew fire. They can talk, or at least understand human speach. And they are very intelligent. You cannot fool a dragon like a dog or cat.  Dragons have a relation with dinosaurs, because, let’s be honest. They look a lot like dinosaurs. But they should be alive. And people believe dragons are real. The few youtube clips about dragons are about dragons are real and here is the evidence. Even when dragons are evil, people want them to be real.

Bongo is not enthousiastic, but I am. I do not believe dragons are real, but it would be amazing if they were.

What do you think? Are dragons real? And which version of dragons are real? Let me know in the comments below.