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Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:56:19 2010 No.6637277 [Reply] [Original]

Why are dragons seen as such beasts of overwhelming power and majesty in Japan? In English folklore, they are always getting slain.

>>	「ロリあき」 Thu Dec 16 19:57:19 2010 No.6637281 Because China.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:57:19 2010 No.6637286 Whatever, dragons are all just based on dinosaurs anyway, which were obviously superior since they are real.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:58:19 2010 No.6637291 THE DOCTOR

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:58:19 2010 No.6637293 THE DOCTOR

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:59:19 2010 No.6637296 THE DOCTOR

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 19:59:19 2010 No.6637300 THE DOCTOR

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:00:19 2010 No.6637302 File: 68 KB, 400x300, 1278899457946.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6637286 Whatever, 2D girls are all just based on 3D girls anyway, which were obviously superior since they are real.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:01:19 2010 No.6637307 THE DOCTOR

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:02:19 2010 No.6637317 western dragons are pussies eastern dragons would just drown the dumb knights with a flood

Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:03:19 2010 No.6637322

Dragons in either culture are different.

In the west, serpents and wyrms represent the oceans and disasters, and are evil beasts that slay humans in droves and greedily hold treasures of immeasurable wealth.
In the east, dragons represent the skies, that are helpful (navigation, pleasant sunlight and wind) when they help you and terrifying (the darkest nights, the deadliest storms), unstoppable forces when they're against you.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:10:19 2010 No.6637355 >>6637322 This really applies to the history of each culture. Within the last century they have been mixed up quite a bit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:10:19 2010 No.6637358 Yet also in Japanese folklore a tiger is also able to stand on equal ground with a dragon.

>>	「ロリあき」 Thu Dec 16 20:11:19 2010 No.6637366 >>6637358 Again, because CHINA and Tao.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 16 20:16:19 2010 No.6637391 Furthermore in the west, Satan is represented as a Dragon in Revelations. Portraying Satan or anything resembling Satan as majestic would be a quick way to get shunned/inquisitioned.

>>	White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ Fri Dec 17 02:34:39 2010 No.6639596 asdfsdf

>>	White Ren !oMvJ5FmP4Q Fri Dec 17 02:35:39 2010 No.6639602 >>6639596 asdfsdfdfdf

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