Dragon or Gryphon ?
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 6 Jun 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Dragon or Gryphon?
The answer lies with both the telltale tail and the head.
A Gryphon has a lion's tail whereas the Dragon does not have a
lion's tail but usually has a tail which is barbed at the end.
The trouble is that artists get confused and mix things up so that
they depict dragons with lions', dinosaurs' and barbed dragons'
tails.
The Gryphon has a lion's body and an eagle's beak. The dragon does
not have an eagle's beak.
There can be no remaining doubts that the Welsh Dragon is indeed a
Dragon and not a Gryphon.
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Bye,
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