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Dragons
Secretly Incredibly Fascinating
Dragon Stories: From Mythology to Fraud
This chapter explores the motivations behind inventing dragon stories, including committing to mythology, creating canon for fun, and perpetrating fraud throughout history. It discusses the influence of ancient texts like Pliny the Elder's work and the Christian Bible on the belief in dragons. The chapter also delves into the debunking efforts of Carl Linnaeus and the Spermatic Principle theory.
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