There be dragons...

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.thecollector.com/dragons-medieval-england/

Love a dragon, me

[stevenneate]

So the Border Wars using HOTT is the way to go?

[Imperial Dave]

Absolutemonte

[Martin Smith]

...that elephant looks genuinely worried by meeting a more scary beast than him/herself !! 🫣
Lovely bit of medieval art...👍🏼

[Imperial Dave]

Yes, love the artwork

[Ian61]

Although born and raised in Wales I now live 40km due south of my birthplace in Somerset which also features a dragon on its flag (Often called a wyvern here but the distinction is pedantry*). The flag was chosen only this century by a vote run by the Somerset Gazette. It does however closely resemble the device used by the council for over a century except that the council Wyvern holds a mace which had been used as a proxy by some for many years.  The continuing appeal of dragons is clearly not a niche one as the vote certainly drew interest and three of the top four designs in the poll featured a dragon/wyvern.
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As the pose more easily fits onto a shield I used this design as the basis of the shield on the front of my knightly orders.

* I am sure I was told many years ago that a dragon had four legs and a wyvern two but this does not seem to work with representations seen – perhaps another of those logical points that doesn't actually stack up  - like the number of equine hooves on the floor of mounted heroes being an indication of whether or not they died in battle.

[stevenneate]

I like the way dragons are described as " creatures of myth", as if the sentence should finish with "or so anyone who still owns one would have you believe".

[Imperial Dave]

I recommend watching Ivor the Engine

Nuff sed

[Ian61]

I recommend watching Ivor the Engine

Nuff sed

Classic. 

[Erpingham]

You know, with all this reintroduction of species hunted to extinction in the Middle Ages going on in the UK, I wonder whether they will consider wyrms?  These seem to all have been hunted down by over-zealous heroes for the crime of lurking in watery places.  You can see why Nessie remains elusive.

[Imperial Dave]

Wyrms ARE dragons

[Erpingham]

Wyrms ARE dragons

But usually ground or water based rather than flying. The flying ones were drakes. I believe the Welsh term is drach?

[Imperial Dave]

I've been reading a book on them recently and the root etymology etc is fascinating

If only I could remember where I put the bleddy thing down