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Mythical Sky Dragons from Different Cultures You Should Know About
Akhekh Dragon(from Egypt)
The mythical dragon was said to reside in remote corners of the Egyptian lands, mainly around the fringe desert areas beside the fertile Nile valley.
And interestingly enough, the tales of the Akhekh drake might have inspired the legends of the Griffins in Europe. This gradual evolution of folkloric traditions can be substantiated by the later depictions of the Akhekh – in which the creature maintains its serpentine profile with the ancient Egyptian headgear (Uraei), albeit with an antelope’s body and a bird’s head.
Drakon Kholkikos Dragon (from Kolkhis or Georgia)
Described as having a crest, three tongues, and a magical set of teeth, there are different versions as to how the mythical dragon met its untimely death – with some concluding with the ubiquitous scenario of the hero slaying the dragon, and some alluding to a situation where the witch Medea puts the sky dragon to sleep with her magic. There is also a third version where the great singer Orpheus lures the dragon with an enchanting musical rendition on his lyre.
Python Dragon(from Greece)
Python is depicted as the earth dragon that came from slime in Delphi, while other sources claim the entity to be a female offspring of Gaia, the Earth goddess. She was described as being so humongous that her gargantuan coils stretched around the entire site of the Delphi oracle – thus ably protecting her mother. However, the happy romping sessions were finally curtailed by the Olympian deity Apollo, when he slew the mythical dragon with his weapon of choice – the bow and arrow.
Stoor Worm Dragon (from Scotland)
Stoor Worm or Mester Stoor Worm is an evil monster from Orcadian mythology (myths pertaining to the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland), who is portrayed as having the fetid capacity to cause pestilence and contamination among both plants and animals. He was also known to be a glutton, and would randomly pick seven victims from the nearby settlement for his weekly meal.
