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From ancient times to the present, dragons are sacred representatives in our country, with a very special status, the people of the country are called "descendants of the dragon"; but in the Western mythological system, the dragon is the embodiment of evil and cruelty, is synonymous with monsters, every dragon that can pass on its name is a terrifying existence that can break the wrist with the gods.
Today, what passers-by want to share with you is the six most famous dragons in Western mythology.
NO.1 Desperate Black Dragon Nidhogg
Niederhogg, the black dragon that dwells at the root of the world tree, the embodiment of despair and misfortune, is one of the few monsters in Norse mythology that even the king of the gods is afraid of; according to the Norse mythological epic "Prose Edda", the world tree that carries the world has three main roots, one rooted in Asgard, the land of the gods, one in Jotunheim, the land of giants, and the last in Nivelmheim, the country of mist, and the black dragon Nedhogg lives here.
He drove countless poisonous snakes, constantly nibbling at the roots of the world tree, and legend has it that when the roots are eaten away, the world tree will wither, the world will be destroyed, the twilight of the gods will come, and everything will go to chaos in despair, returning to the original point, waiting for the next creator god to be conceived and created again.
NO.2 Dragon Fivnir
Favnir, originally a dwarf, was transformed into a dragon by the curse of another dwarf, Anderwalli, because of his greed, and had a powerful body and strength, but also lost his freedom, living underground forever, guarding the treasure of the Nibelungen, and was eventually killed by the descendants of Odin, the king of the gods, with Excalibur.
In fact, in the orthodox Norse mythological system, Favnier is not famous, just one of the many dragons that are unknown, with no anti-heavenly power and no strong background, but because of a song and dance play of "The Ring of the Nybelungen", he was sent to the world stage and made him widely known.
NO.3 Dragon of Chaos Leviathan
Leviathan, the biblical Dragon of Chaos, is said to have been the first creature created by God; due to God's efforts, he was so large that he could crush the entire world with a slight turn, and was one of the top monsters in Western mythology.
There are two theories about what he looks like. One is that the abdomen has spikes, the body is covered with scales that even the artifact cannot penetrate, and the body is as huge as a carp, which is the overlord of the sea;
Another theory is that he is a sea snake that is huge enough to surround the whole world, with sharp teeth, a body as strong as armor, and a mouth that is always spewing flames, smoke from his nose, a ruthless personality, violent and murderous, he will kill and destroy all the creatures he sees, and he is a monster born for destruction.
NO.4 100 Dragons Radong
Raton, the most famous monster in Greek mythology, the descendant of the ancestor of the devil, Typhon and Ekadena, is a dragon with a hundred dragon heads, although it has great power, it is relatively homely, single-mindedly guarding the golden apple tree, and will not leave easily.
This apple tree was a wedding gift brought by Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth, from the west coast to Zeus and Hera, because Rahdon had a hundred dragon heads that could never rest, and when he met people, his hundred mouths would make different roaring sounds, extremely terrifying and frightening, and could scare most people away. So Zeus ordered Ladong to guard the golden apple tree and ensure its safety.
NO.5 Tiamat, mother of dragons
Tiamat, also known as the Mother of Evil Dragons, is a god that all the dragons on the side of the evil camp believe in, and has extremely powerful powers, even among the dragon gods, it is also the top dragon god;
It is precisely because of her great power that the dragons that remain neutral are willing to recognize her supreme status, and the dragons of the good camp such as the Divine Dragon also maintain great respect for her.
Her form is very similar to other dragons, except that she has five white, black, green, blue, and red dragon heads, and her body is also covered with stripes of these five colors. It is said that she was not originally the mother of evil dragons, but the mother of life who created the world, ruling the authority of life and dragons;
She created the world with the first god Apusu and gave birth to the gods, but because the gods were too noisy, it seriously affected the sleep of Tiamat; in order to get a good night's sleep, Tiamat decided to kill the gods and solve the pain, but did not want to be solved by the gods and sealed the corpse, and Tiamat, who was not willing to be killed, gave up the authority of life, strengthened the authority of the dragon, and became the mother of the evil dragon, Tiamat.
NO.6 Nine-headed dragon Hydra
Hydra, also known as the Hydra and the Hydra, is one of the most famous monsters in Greek mythology; his image is very similar to the Xiangliu in Chinese mythology, all of which are shaped like giant snakes and have nine heads, and have a strong and terrifying poisonous gas, which can instantly turn the land into a poisonous swamp, and the horror of its toxicity is that the gods dare not easily contaminate it;
The only way to kill him was to cut off all nine of his heads in an instant, otherwise as long as one was left, the other heads would grow back in an instant, which was immortal.
Regarding his origin, in Western mythology, there are two mainstream views. One is that he is a descendant of the hundred-headed dragon Typhon and the female head serpent, Erkad; the second is the innate spirit born of the combination of Palath and Styx;
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