User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:52:49 AM EDT
[#1]
I think flying lizards are something all dudes innately daydream about.
ETA: The more we know about how little we know about human history, I'm up for things like dragons being real at some point in time. I actually just thought about that yesterday. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:54:11 AM EDT
[#2]
Dragons were real and then the universe was reset creating the myth.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:54:18 AM EDT
[#3]
People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:58:25 AM EDT
[#4]
I dunno, but it would be badass if Smaug was real.
What round for Smaug? |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:58:51 AM EDT
[#5]
somebody took a time machine out for a few test drives, before the boss got back and laid down 'The Rules'
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 1:59:26 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. This |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:01:33 AM EDT
[#7]
I asked chatGPT. If someone has access to Gork it would be an interesting question.
Is there historical evidence of dragons? No, there is no scientific or historical evidence to support the existence of dragons as mythological creatures commonly depicted in various cultures. Dragons are legendary creatures that appear in the folklore of many societies around the world, often as powerful and magical beings with distinctive features such as wings, scales, and fire-breathing abilities. While dragons have been a popular and enduring part of mythology and storytelling, there is no credible evidence to suggest that they were real creatures. The depiction of dragons in various cultures is generally considered to be symbolic or symbolic and rooted in cultural narratives, rather than representing actual animals that once existed. In the absence of scientific evidence, dragons remain a fascinating aspect of human imagination and cultural storytelling, with their depictions varying widely across different traditions and mythologies. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:02:43 AM EDT
[#8]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:07:05 AM EDT
[#9]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:07:30 AM EDT
[#10]
Everyone knows that without hollw bones, dragons can't fly. But I've heard they're excellent swimmers in murky Scottish lachs. Well... unless they're on holiday, in America, hanging with bigfoots. Bigfeet?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:11:25 AM EDT
[#11]
The same thing could be said about shapeshifters (werewolves, skinwalkers, Fox-Kitsune people), various types of undead (spirits, ghosts, vampires, revenants, etc) and of course Demons.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:14:15 AM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryHellz yeah!!! Me and my kiddos love that flick, even if Christian Bale was such a beta male. My wife loves McConaughay, but doesn't care for him in Rein of Fire. I think he's badass in that flick. Love this tune in the credits. It's perfect for that flick...  Mad at Gravity - Burn . |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:18:16 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The same thing could be said about shapeshifters (werewolves, skinwalkers, Fox-Kitsune people), various types of undead (spirits, ghosts, vampires, revenants, etc) and of course Demons. What about Balrogs?  Attached File |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:23:55 AM EDT
[#14]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:25:18 AM EDT
[#15]
Obviously dragons are real.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:27:13 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What about Balrogs? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32329/main-qimg-a11c14c36046d2285221702e16bc46-3040468.JPG Are they based on Folklore? |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:30:05 AM EDT
[#17]
Stupidity.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:34:05 AM EDT
[#18]
I’ve been wondering why dragons don’t have balls.
You would think a creature that can breath fire would have a huge set of gonads but nope, no balls. Think how different Pete’s Dragon would have been? Or how cool it would have been if Bard shot Smaug in the dick instead of some stupid missing scale? It would have been high fives and beers for life for Bard and everyone would be like, that was so cool when you shot Smaug in the junk but noooooo. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 2:47:22 AM EDT
[#19]
Albi is a racsist dragon
 Flight of the Conchords- Albi (racist dragon) |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:01:25 AM EDT
[#20]
Why European dragons have wings and the Oriental ones don't, even though they can also fly? |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:08:23 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:14:35 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve been wondering why dragons don’t have balls. You would think a creature that can breath fire would have a huge set of gonads but nope, no balls. Think how different Pete’s Dragon would have been? Or how cool it would have been if Bard shot Smaug in the dick instead of some stupid missing scale? It would have been high fives and beers for life for Bard and everyone would be like, that was so cool when you shot Smaug in the junk but noooooo. Historically speaking, t-bagging was considered the ultimate shame in China and Japan, and dragons depicted in temples and on printed silk screens did have massive balls, but they were only shown when you wanted to denigrate your enemy completely. Samurai were often bi-sexual, and the art of t-bagging was considered a secret methodology of combined combat, especially when used in conjunction with a stinky asshole. The dragons that you see in temples in Japan and China often have oversized balls, and it may look like they are wrapping themselves around a moon or circle, but it is their huge junk. Many tattoo artists will ask you before you get a dragon if you want the balls in, or out. If they ask you if you want balls deep, it is a good indication that you are gay. Please make no mistake, they had balls, but they were withheld (innies) because it is the ultimate shaming of your enemy, there is no coming back with the balls, it is the death knell. This man will create your dragon with balls, but it costs extra.  The Art of Single Stroke Painting in Japan | National Geographic |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:21:32 AM EDT
[#23]
I've wondered the same thing many times. Bones and fossils is the most rational thing I can think of but part of me really wonders if there was a world we just don't know about.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:29:30 AM EDT
[#24]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:37:42 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. More likely than not; a mammoth school also probably inspired the mythological cyclops |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:55:02 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: More likely than not; a mammoth school also probably inspired the mythological cyclops |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 3:58:18 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: More likely than not; a mammoth school also probably inspired the mythological cyclops Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. More likely than not; a mammoth school also probably inspired the mythological cyclops It's funny, "Mammoth Skull Cyclops" was the first suggestion that popped up when I started typing "Mammoth Skull".   Attached File |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 4:00:32 AM EDT
[#28]
“Well some people think that 'to puff the magic dragon' means to... puff... smoke... a marijuana cigarette. Are you a pothead, Focker?”
- Greg Focker |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 5:40:29 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. All over the world? In nearly every language it is similar. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 5:40:51 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The discovery of Dinosaur fossils didn't happen until the 1800's. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. Uh, what? Why on earth would you think that? |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 6:25:01 AM EDT
[#31]
Same thing with the Chinese zodiac animals.
All but one of them of them are commonly found mundane animals found in China. Rat, rabbit, dog, rooster….. And then Dragon. If they threw in one or two other mythical creatures I would understand, but nope, just the one. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 6:31:04 AM EDT
[#32]
Dino bones
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 6:38:14 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If flying dragons were real, they'd have thin hollow bones which wouldn't fossilize easily. The discovery of Dinosaur fossils didn't happen until the 1800's, dragons have been portrayed for hundreds if not thousands of years prior, and in parts of the world where dinosaur fossils aren't found. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. Do you really believe not a single dinosaur bone was uncovered prior to the 1800s? |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 7:25:06 AM EDT
[#34]
Interplanetary plasmoids.
Read Saturnian Cosmology. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 7:40:45 AM EDT
[#35]
Do any of the tribes/people from the Americas have dragon stories (pre-Columbus)? I think it is an eastern hemisphere thing.
Dragon myths can be explained by the finding of dinosaur bones and the spread of tales/stories/myths along trade routes. People were trading stuff pretty far and it would make sense that stories could travel by word of mouth that same distance. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 7:51:41 AM EDT
[#36]
Literally Satan
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 7:57:46 AM EDT
[#37]
In his book An Instinct for Dragons (2000), David E. Jones (anthropologist) suggests a hypothesis that humans, like monkeys, have inherited instinctive reactions to snakes, large cats, and birds of prey.[14] He cites a study which found that approximately 39 people in a hundred are afraid of snakes[15] and notes that fear of snakes is especially prominent in children, even in areas where snakes are rare.[15] The earliest attested dragons all resemble snakes or have snakelike attributes.[16] Jones therefore concludes that dragons appear in nearly all cultures because humans have an innate fear of snakes and other animals that were major predators of humans' primate ancestors.[17] Dragons are usually said to reside in "dark caves, deep pools, wild mountain reaches, sea bottoms, haunted forests", all places which would have been fraught with danger for early human ancestors.[18]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:11:17 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: “Well some people think that 'to puff the magic dragon' means to... puff... smoke... a marijuana cigarette. Are you a pothead, Focker?” - Greg Focker That's opium and came from "chasing the dragon" term used for Chinese opium dens. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:14:11 AM EDT
[#39]
Dinosaur fossils combined with Human imagination.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:15:40 AM EDT
[#40]
More importantly....how do you explain how basically every English speaking country had a version of Jingle Bells Batman Smells, before the internet existed?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:17:18 AM EDT
[#41]
Because the spoken word existed long before the written word....
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:18:52 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. There is some truth to this. I've read where people would find fossil shark teeth, like large Megalodon teeth, and think they were "tongue stones" from dragons. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:27:50 AM EDT
[#43]
I understand that Noah wouldn't let the dragons on the ark because they are fire hazards.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:29:22 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. Yep What’s really odd is the similarity of the word “dragon” in different languages |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:30:02 AM EDT
[#45]
Dinosaur fossiles.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:31:59 AM EDT
[#46]
Same for giants
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:34:11 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If flying dragons were real, they'd have thin hollow bones which wouldn't fossilize easily. The discovery of Dinosaur fossils didn't happen until the 1800's, dragons have been portrayed for hundreds if not thousands of years prior, and in parts of the world where dinosaur fossils aren't found. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: People found fossil bones of dinosaurs, mammoths and so on... and interpreted them the best they could. Hollow bones might be more brittle than regular bones, and considering what a dragon might weigh were they real, they might not be able to support their weight |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 8:59:58 AM EDT
[#48]
Didn't know I had to explain.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 9:01:33 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I dunno, but it would be badass if Smaug was real. What round for Smaug? Arrow. |
|
|
|
Posted: 11/26/2023 9:02:10 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I dunno, but it would be badass if Smaug was real. What round for Smaug? Start with 600NE and go up from there |
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
Attached File
Attached File
Attached File