[myheroesareDeadandRegistered]

Interesting.

I've always thought that dragon legends may have been spawned by dinosaur fossils. A T-Rex skull would make a fine catalyst for such stories.

[RightWhale]

dragon legends may have been spawned by dinosaur fossils

Very likely some were. The dragon was used as a chemical symbol by alchemists and as a mystical symbol by . . . mystics, but they probably didn't invent the symbol.