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The Dragon Fountain at the Palace of Versailles

Flaming Dragon Statue - Krakow, Poland

1 posted on 02/09/2017 10:44:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Berlin, Germany. The dragon statue in Berlin captures the scene depicted in a painting created by the Renaissance master Raphael - the same genius who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

Odd, I didn't know that Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni were the same man.

Get basic facts right, people!

2 posted on 02/09/2017 10:50:53 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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The Lucky Lady casino in Biloxi (since closed) had a dragon who shot fire out of its mouth every hour. Quite impressive.


3 posted on 02/09/2017 10:57:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Dragons, along with ghosts, are an almost universal legend throughout the cultures of human history. Wherever men have lived, there have been tales of dragons.

One might wonder why that is.

4 posted on 02/09/2017 11:15:19 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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Dragons are also used to symbolize Comets and are used in symbolizing elements of alchemy (see Fulcanelli)


6 posted on 02/09/2017 11:58:37 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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inspired by the preceding Judeo-Christian creation myth fact

FTFY.

9 posted on 02/10/2017 4:40:16 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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Seems pretty likely to me that St George killed a croc down in Libya. And that it would feast on sheep and women, who needed to get water from croc infested ponds and waterways.
11 posted on 02/10/2017 7:22:24 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (Refreshing? Trump makes me feel like I just freebased a York Peppermint Pattie!)
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