Here Be Dragons
Western dragons are usually portrayed as evil, mean, and bloodthirsty.
Eastern dragons are portrayed as good, kind, and intelligent.
These and other dragons of myth and reality.
Living Dinosaurs
In 1907, Schmidt was travelling along the Solimoes River in Colombia
along with Captain Rudolph Pfleng. Pfleng and Schmidt encountered
some huge tracks along the shores of a small lake.
Loch
Ness Schools workpacks and digital jigsaws
Though this site is designed for local Scottish schoolchildren,
anyone in the world wanting to understand more about the legend
and the research into its origins will enjoy these explorations.
Nessie on the Net!
Loch Ness Monster Live Cam, Scotland
Fact or legend? You decide. You can even view the lake through
their webcam. Pseudo science, but all in good fun.
Reptiles
Throughout Mythology
Reptiles vary in size. Some are carnivorous and others are vegetarians.
Some are dangerous and others are harmless. Yet the traits of
reptiles and their habits have been utilized in the creativity
and mythology of humans. By Norman A. Rubin.
Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth
Despite their differences, many of the mythical dragons found throughout the world all began as vague serpentine ideas modeled after real creatures, beginning with a snake or some other fearsome reptile. Over time, they acquired more definite and exotic shapes as they absorbed the hopes and superstitions of the local people and borrowed the traits of local animals.
Champ of Lake Champlain
Champ has been most commonly characterized as a plesiosaur, a
prehistoric reptile which was thought to have been extinct for
60 to 70 million years. Some experts believe more than one plesiosaur-like
creature inhabits Lake Champlain today.
Why
Ireland Has No Snakes
Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland.
Sometime back in the fifth century he stood on a hill, the story
goes, and used a staff to herd the slithering creatures into
the sea, banishing them for eternity.