Dragon furniture. Fun to see but a lot of vacuuming to keep it clean. I don't think I'd use it, mostly just leave it sit a bit out of the way to be admired and start conversations.
I wish my family could understand this but I think there is a disconnect with people who keep saying "nothing really matters" when its about what someone else values. Anyway, its dragon psychology, now I understand.
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Why settle for an average, mundane jewellery box when you could have a Celtic designed jewel box with a dragon guarding your hoard. Of course, there is the slight problem of the dragon not wanting to let you into the box either. But, you know they will be well guarded. Isn't that worth a few scorch marks?
Before you bring home your dragon check for likely places to set one down in your home. Dragons take up space, but they also love to be featured where they can preen and make sure everyone sees them in their best light, on their best side. A dragon jewellery box will be set off nicely on a tall dresser - not too near a window lest the dragon get ideas and fly off with your hoard of jewels.
Also, keep your dragon box free of clutter. They do tend to eat the oddest things and they never give anything back once they get a good grip on it.
It is very trusting of you to let a dragon guard your jewels, actually. Not just the whole sharp teeth, claws and fire breath thing... but you do know they will think they look better in your jewels than you do yourself?
Overall though, a dragon jewellery box is a pretty fancy thing. Not many people will own one. (For all kinds of reasons).
If you are thinking of a great gift for a Pagan, fantasy gamer or other such person - a jewellery box with a dragon decorating it is a good choice. It is a gift which is both attractive, practical and unique. Unless someone just doesn't like dragons, it is nearly the perfect gift.
More than one dragon in your home?
Handy if your hoard expands and you need a few more dragons. Although, wasn't one dragon in your home enough? They do tend to take up quite a lot of room, eat a lot of chocolate and expect they can light up and smoke whenever or wherever they choose.
If it is possible that the Loch Ness Monster may have been one of the last remaining members of an extinct species then the same could be true for the dragon. How else could one explain the remarkable similarity between ancient depictions of dragons and some long-extinct dinosaurs? Well actually, the widely recognized medieval image of the dragon may have evolved from the original serpentine dragon after dinosaur remains were accidentally uncovered in classical Mesopotamia. In ancient Greece, Rome and the Celtic world dragon iconography was much more like that of China. Europe did not convert to the modern, metric dragon until much later on.
But does this alteration of dragon iconography help us determine the origin of the myth? Not really. The dragon, albeit in a more serpentine form, features in the folklore of almost every culture around the world and is synonymous with power, strength, wisdom and often brutality. The ancient civilizations of Central America even worshiped flying serpent gods, going so far as to make blood sacrifices in their honour. The serpent cults of Eastern Europe and Central Asia may once have done the same for their own dragon icons too. Clearly this reptilian obsession is as old as mankind itself.
But does this mean that dragons are nothing more than a distant memory from our primordial past? The people of medieval Europe and Asia clearly thought otherwise. To them dragons were everywhere, hiding in the cave down the road, burning down churches and eating their children. It was believed that the far off lands of the East were abound with the fire breathing brutes.
Are we to take these stories literally? Many scholars believe that dragons are nothing but a metaphor for evil and pagan ritual, but while this may be true of some Christian folklore there is much evidence to suggest that the monsters these people were so afraid of were not merely ideological in nature.
In the Far East, of course, dragons have entirely different connotations. There they are considered to be creatures of great wisdom and spirituality. They are associated with the elements of water and air, rather than fire. The gods are said to have descended from the sky inside the belly of a dragon. Legend has it that Emperor Huang Ti also ascended to the stars aboard a dragon drawn chariot. This, says UFOlogist Hartwig Hausdorf, is evidence that dragons were not living creatures at all, rather some kind of alien spacecraft.
Originally posted by Mark Ball - 5 Mythical Creatures That Could Exist - Weird Worm
