Enter The Dragon, Terrifying and Beautiful (Part 1)
About this episode
This episode explores the pervasive presence of dragon lore in global mythology and its significance across cultures.
Dragon lore is everywhere in global mythology — no matter what continent you live on, the land you inhabit holds dragon story, and quite possibly was shaped by dragons, or has sleeping dragons in it. Such dragons have captured human imagination across hundreds of cultures and thousands of years. But the dragon is much more than a category of fantastical beast. In many traditions the world-dragon, or world-serpent, is creator, land-shaper, present in the water cycle and in weather ...
People in this episode
Host: Joshua Schrei
Topics covered
- dragon lore
- mythology
- cultural stories
- world-dragon
- spirituality
- creation myths
Keywords
- dragons
- mythology
- cultural significance
- world-serpent
- creation
- land-shaping
- water cycle
- weather
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Enter The Dragon, Terrifying and Beautiful (Part 1)
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