372 Dragons! (with Scott G. Bruce)
The History of Literature
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A Deeper Look at Dragons in Asia
The dragons in the asian stories actually speak. They tend to take human form, and they exhibit what we would call noble cultural traits. In aon stories, in roman om cases, and romance too, e has almost alwaya star crossed yes. It's so wonderful to read texts from a culture where one of the registers of heroism is empathy,. I mean it, it has to come along with martial prowess. These heroes have to be able to defeat, you know, big monsters, but at the same time doing so because they identify with this creature, nten, and then want to help it. And the dragons often present themselves in human form as they look at i
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