NATURAL 'EVIDENCE'

Are dragon myths ‘memories’ of the time when gigantic reptiles really did walk the Earth?

Sichuan Province, China China is rich in fossil remains, which may explain the prevalence of dragons in Chinese culture. Around 300 AD, the scholar Chang Qu described the excavation of ‘dragon bones’ – almost certainly dinosaur fossils – at Wucheng in Sichuan. Klagenfurt, Austria In 1335 a ‘dragon’s skull’ was discovered in a nearby quarry, and proudly displayed on Klagenfurt’s coat of arms. Two centuries later, it inspired the city’s Lindwurm fountain, thought to be the earliest reconstruction of an extinct animal. Paleontologists now know the skull was that of a woolly rhino. Kilve, Somerset In the 19th century, the remains of a fossilised ichthyosaur – now on display in a Somerset museum -was linked with the legend of Blue Ben, a dragon that died after getting stuck in the mud while escaping from the…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024

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