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世界各地关于龙的起源 世界各地关于龙的起源 ??? Thats one of the mysteries of Dragon or similar giant serpents symbolism and mythology found in ancient human cultures. Why such a creature is almost universally found in the myths and ancient art work of the worlds ancient civilizations? Were did the idea of the great serpent come from and why did it become such long lasting symbol in human civilization? ??? 古代人类文化中，龙或者说是巨蛇及其神话是如何形成的仍然是个谜。为何世界各大古文明的神话和古代艺术品中都普遍存在着“龙”这种生物？这一意象起源于何处？它为何能在人类文明中经久不衰？ ??? Dragons or very similar creatures can be found in many cultures around the world, I don’t think it can be claimed to have come from any one source, but more an archetypal creature that can be found in myths and legends of many different peoples, that varies in appearance, nature, and abilities, but is usually a large serpentine creature often with wings, or at least the ability to fly. ??? 龙以及各种酷似龙的生物可以在全世界许多文化中找到，我认为“龙”这一形象的发源是多样的，许多民族的神话和传说中都存在“龙”的形象，它们虽被赋予了不同的外表、本性和能力，但大多是形似蛇类的生物，并且往往生着硕大的翅膀，或者至少有着飞行的能力。 ?Western mythology 西方神话 世界各地关于龙的起源 ??? The Western dragon has only recently become a particular shape of beast, that being a big lizard that flies with wings, of the sort you might see in fantasy art.In medieval times, dragon could refer to things of many different shapes, including both lizard-like dragons and serpentine dragons; that is to say, the snake-like dragon is hardly unknown in Western mythology. ??? 西方的龙直到近现代才有了固定的形态，也就是我们通过魔幻作品中常常能看到的那种长着大翅膀的大蜥蜴。在中世纪，“dragon”一个词可以指代许多天差地别的东西，蜥蜴状的龙、蛇形的龙都行；也就是说，西方还是有蛇形龙的。 ??? The western Dragon originated with the Chinese dragon, but was transported west by nomadic people such as the Alani. The Alani using the image to head up their raids would be putting forward an attacking creature. Hence the somewhat bad name of the western dragon in comparison to its eastern counterpart. I love the picture by the way of the Chinese dragon, a picture which seems to add weight to the suggestion of a creature made up of many symbols from many people brought t