Legends of dragons have long captivated ... of a creature called the lindwyrm, a giant serpent monster that resided deep within the forest. Sea serpents also featured prominently in Mesopotamian ...

Other inscriptions say things like “here is where scorpions are born” or this inscription over a largely empty Africa, “it is ...

However, just as the serpent in Eastern cultures represents longevity, transformation and wisdom, pre-Christian Western ... the sea, is also connected to the symbolic framework of the dragon.

The western view of snakes being evil ... the fleeing serpent — Leviathan the coiling serpent — and He will slay the dragon of the sea.” The Hebrew word here is “tannin,” which refers ...