Re: Megalithic manufacturing in Britain
Posted: 10:29 pm
Dragons seem to be associated with mounds and water as well as noble families or families who become enobled as a result of slaying the dragon.
There are many such tales in Britain and Ireland. Sockburn is on a peninsula and is close to iron working areas. As previously mentioned furnaces contain what is known as a salamander.
The myths of Sockburn and Linton in the Scottish borders give details about how the dragon was slain through the open mouth with a lance of sorts with a flaming end.
Athens was founded by a half man half serpent Cecrops. He ran into trouble with Poseidon who had a competition with Athena to become the city god. He struck a rock which produced water Athena produced an olive tree. She won and Poseidon flooded the city in spite.
Athena is later wooed by Hephaestos the god of fire and metal. He forces himself on her and the result is a son who is a half serpent.
http://survive2012.com/dragon-myths-anc ... and-china/
Perhaps there was a clash of cultures in which the arts and 'nobility' won over the rude mechanicals?
There are many such tales in Britain and Ireland. Sockburn is on a peninsula and is close to iron working areas. As previously mentioned furnaces contain what is known as a salamander.
The myths of Sockburn and Linton in the Scottish borders give details about how the dragon was slain through the open mouth with a lance of sorts with a flaming end.
Athens was founded by a half man half serpent Cecrops. He ran into trouble with Poseidon who had a competition with Athena to become the city god. He struck a rock which produced water Athena produced an olive tree. She won and Poseidon flooded the city in spite.
Athena is later wooed by Hephaestos the god of fire and metal. He forces himself on her and the result is a son who is a half serpent.
Athena could not prevent Hephaestus (the god of fire and metal-working) falling in love with her, yet she wished to remain a virgin. Hephaestus pursued her and caught her on the Acropolis. He brushed up against her, spilling his seed. Athena wiped it off with a piece of cloth and threw it onto the ground, fertilising it. This produced Erichthonius, a boy with a serpents tail like Cecrops, who Athena decided to keep as her own son.
http://survive2012.com/dragon-myths-anc ... and-china/
Perhaps there was a clash of cultures in which the arts and 'nobility' won over the rude mechanicals?