Above: Official symbol of the Courtfighter
organization. Scales of Law in the State of
PA. The Two Dragons are reflecting the
Human Scale. And the Dragon Face on the
ledge reflects the Holy Book that are common
symbols for court justice for all.
To understand the behavior of dragons the ancient Eastern civilizations would have had to observe such birds and mammals as the dauphin, eagle, and cheetah. Like the dauphin, eagle, and cheetah, dragons could be both approachable and fierce protectors down in the water, up in the sky, and below on the ground. Dragons could thus be subdued.
Dinosaur and mammalian fossils were occasionally mistaken for the bones of dragons and other mythological creatures; for example, a discovery in 300 BC in Wucheng, Sichuan, China, was labeled as such by Chang Qu. The mistaken identity of dinosaur and mammalian fossils for the bones of dragons soon paved the way to associate the real dragon with other mythical animals. Suddenly, the oldest locations such as Africa, Asia, and China, in that order, where human and animal bones and literature were discovered was soon challenged by visitors who traveled from near-eastern locations having their own literature.
The ancient Semitic people had living as aliens in lands where their enemies saw Dragons as winged beings combined in ancient mythologies and religious beliefs.
The enemies of Semitic people linked dragons with winged gods from the heavens who came to Earth as a very important symbology in the creation blueprint of non-Semitic reality. Much of non-Semitic dragon lore told their neighbors that dragons were loathsome beasts and evil enemies to humankind below and perhaps gods above. The ancients from Africa, India, China, as well as Japan began to believe in several magical, spiritual and benevolent animals. Some were the Phoenix, the Tortoise, the Monkey, and the Unicorn. The Dragon was also one of them.
Among their earliest forms, dragons were associated with a good monster, represented usually as the appearance of a snake, a gigantic reptile breathing fire and having a lion's claws, the tail of a serpent, wings and scaly skin. Also, dragons were associated with the Great Mother god, the water god who had power during the rain, the thunder and lighting god, the warrior sun god, and the god of shrewdness, said to have had three heads or more. In these capacities dragons had the power to be both beneficent and destructive and were all-powerful good creatures in the mythical and real universe. The significance of the dragon was its control over the destiny of mankind and any other god.
Above: Official symbol of the
Courtfighter organization.
Scales of Law in the State of PA.
The woman represents Lady Justice,
without the blindfold. The Dragon
is reflecting the Human Scale,
and/or the Holy Book that are
common symbols for court
justice for all.
As the myth and religious belief developed where the Semitic people now lived, dragons came to represent the constant challenge of the balance of the law and order from above.
This type of dragon was considered by many to be the intermediate stage between a demon and the Devil, said to have had more than one head, and as such came into Semitic, and Christian belief.
In Jewish religious texts, the first mention of a dragon-like creature is in the Biblical works in the Midrash Rabba, the collective whole on the books of the Tanach, such as Genesis Rabbah, Exodus Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah, Numbers Rabbah, Deuteronomy Rabbah, Canticles Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, Esther Rabbah, Lamentations Rabbah, and Ecclesiastes Rabbah. According to the Midrash Rabba Genesis 1:21 as Leviathan from the word Taninim - "and God created the great sea-monsters."
However, the Torah simply renders Genesis 1:21 as “God created the great sea monsters, and all the living creatures of every kind that creep, which the waters brought forth in swarms; and all the winged birds of every kind. And God saw that this was good. Therefore the sea monsters mean that there were more than one sea animal that must live in both water, the sky, and the earth. The sea animal mentioned at Genesis 1:21 would swim has wings and walk and slither. Birds of this kind would have a beginning from the sea and not land alone. Only certain forces of the deep that could fly and walk (the dragon) were recognized by writers of the Old Testament. In the Old Testament they are simply listed with other animals and not symbols of a demon, the Devil, or sin (evil) but as a natural element-like animal of the universe.
It is important to note that all mankind and animals have different elements in their physical bodies such as particular natural minerals from both the sea and the ground. That being mentioned the sea-monsters mentioned in Genesis 1:21 are different dragons variously called the names, Leviathan, Nahar, Yam, and Rahab in different books of the Old Testament. Rahab the sea dragon is called the lord of the sea in the Old Testament, making the legend, as defined to mean (a traditional historical tale or collection of related tales) popularly regarded as true but usually containing a mixture of fact and fiction), of the dragon real.
Evidently then, many tales, as defined to mean (a series of events or facts told or presented not fantasy or make believe), written in European, Asian, African, Chinese, Semitic, and Biblical text about humans are true. So to, many tales written in European, Asian, African, Chinese, Semitic and Biblical text about dragons are true.
Interestingly, the sea-monster was mentioned in Semitic text at Isaiah 51:9-10, also has "dragon-like" attributes as it refers to a human who is bad (evil).
The word "Leviathan" appears in several places in the Bible, such as the Book of Job 3:8, with the Book of Job, chapter 41 being dedicated to describing a Leviathan in detail. Also, Leviathan appears in the Bible in the Book of Psalms at: Psalms 74:14, Psalms 104:24-26, and the Book of Isaiah 27:1
The Bible mentions a dragon-like creature as, a gliding serpent in the Book of Job 26:13.
There are numerous examples of dragons in Semitic literature as dragons became a frequent theme - as symbol of sin (evil) but also as a natural element of the universe, fighting against man and holy strength from above. Semitic literature has made the dragon out to be a symbol of what is the complete opposite of any thing that represents a good dragon.
