So there are a few paragraphs on Draco down under myrhology.
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But look, Draco the dragon has no legs!
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Wyverns have two legs qnd dragons have four, at least in some circles.
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That is why the images of Melusine need to be part of the myth, not that that restricts or implies her various physical features as a tutelary fairy.
Other flying serpents are fairly common in mythology and heraldry. Not many of them are half female.
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"Schlangenleib" which means something like "snake body".
Could this also be translated as "serpent body"? Does German tend to use the same term for either interpretation? In the modern situation at least, it appears (in my little dictionary) that the 'snake/serpent' distinction does not exist, if 'Schlange' can be interpreted either way.
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But look, Draco the dragon has no legs!
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Wyverns have two legs qnd dragons have four, at least in some circles.
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That is why the images of Melusine need to be part of the myth, not that that restricts or implies her various physical features as a tutelary fairy.
Other flying serpents are fairly common in mythology and heraldry. Not many of them are half female.
* *
"Schlangenleib" which means something like "snake body".
Could this also be translated as "serpent body"? Does German tend to use the same term for either interpretation? In the modern situation at least, it appears (in my little dictionary) that the 'snake/serpent' distinction does not exist, if 'Schlange' can be interpreted either way.