(05-12-2025, 06:00 AM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
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In the very limited sample that I have seen, old Western pictures of dragons are generally similar. One could describe the stereotypical dragon as a
Tyrannosaurus rex with bigger scales and bigger arms with large claws, bat wings, a head sort of between that of a wolf and a warthog or whatever, a tail that is a seamless extension of the body, etc.. You get the picture.
But that drawing above is atypical: a hunched bean-shaped body with a furrowed "shield" instead of scales, no wings, a tail that seems to come from under the shield...
Are there other examples of that style of "dragon"? (A "dragondillo"?)
Could that drawing be meant to be a turtle, rather than a dragon? (in the same way that the illustration at its left is meant to be a whale?)
Could that be instead a pig -- a reference to people using pigs to dig up truffles?
Is there a tradition in herbals or "herbals" associating a specific plant with turtles? Or with any other animal besides snakes and "dragons"?
All the best,
--stolfi