Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Mythical Dragons


I learned from what Ive read on mythical dragons that there are many differences between classical dragons and the Chinese dragons. Flying without wings, having shape shifting abilities, and their well known benevolent behavior. Ive also learned that the Chinese dragon is made up of nine entities, a camels head, demon eyes, ears of a cow, horns of a stag, a snake neck, the belly of a clam, eagle claws, feet of a tiger, and 117 scales of a carp. I thought this was a very interesting subject that kept me entertained for the whole time i did this activity. I read lots of stuff on dragons to write this and I guess dragons aren't as stupid as i thought they were after all. This reading has told me that dragons are a big part of Chinese civilization and culture.

3 comments:

Matt W said...

wow dude very thoughtful post, i give myself 20/20

Nita A. said...

Wow, you're very smrt huh?!

carrie said...

I wonder why the Chinese chose the different animal parts to make up the dragon? I'm glad you don't think dragons are stupid anymore! I wish you had discussed a bit more about the role that the dragon plays in Chinese culture. Well written post (only a couple grammatical errors) with great details.
As is you earned 28/30 points.