Showing posts with label comet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comet. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2013

DRAGONS OF LORE SERIES: Were Dragons mistaken by our ancestors for Dinosaurs, UFO’s or comets?


Humankind has been terribly afflicted with a collective amnesia of its history. We simply cannot remember or accept where we came from, even though clues to our past lay strewn all around us in bits and pieces of antiquated ruins. From prophecies I’ve read, it seems the ancients knew more about us than we do them. I also believe they expected this. This is why they left cave drawings, Nazca Lines, Pyramids, gods and goddesses from the sky and of course, myths.

Today we will conclude our dragon lore series by examining whether they could have really been mistaken for something else. The possibilities include dinosaurs, UFO’s and comets.

It speaks volumes that myths of dragons have survived from olden times until now. It simply cannot just be because of the romanticism of the myth, too many ancient cultures had dragon stories for that to be the case. In fact, all of them did.  

The fact that dragon stories are so widespread begs the next obvious question: Why have no dragon bones ever been discovered?

There are multitudes of dinosaur bones dug up, cataloged, analyzed and displayed across the globe. And there are multitudes more yet to have been dug up. Where on Earth could dragon bones be? Did they all die so deep in cracks and crevices deep inside Mother Earth that they will never be discovered? Were the bones destroyed by angry and fearful early humans? Or are scientists dead wrong about the timeline between the existence of dinosaurs and the evolution of humans?



‘Recent’ evidence has come to light that may prove scientist are wrong. There are many examples of dinosaur tracks and human footprints in rock formations in Texas. There are also ancient pottery from Central and South America that depict humans and dinosaurs co-existing. Now, I find that rather odd because they should not have known the details of what dinosaurs looked like, yet these unlearned ancient craftsman nailed it!

Further, why would they choose to use animals that were supposedly extinct for millions of years rather than creatures that really did walk among them? Did these people remember these events from their ancient ancestors’ past? This would seemingly make humans much older than scientist believe or dinosaurs much younger because humans and dinosaurs supposedly did not exist at the same time.



Don’t get me wrong, or mistake me for a creationist. I am not. I am a firm believer in Ancient Alien Theory.

The question of whether ancient civilizations could have mistaken dragons for UFO’s or comets is also compelling. There are so many crucial questions that need re-examining. If an asteroid or comet wiped out the dinosaurs completely, how did other species survive? Crocodiles, alligators, turtles and many other reptilian creatures have survived more than one mass extinction event. Puzzling right?

Consider the possibility that aliens did in fact come to Earth thousands, if not millions of years ago, genetically mixed their own ‘divine’ dna with that of the ancestors of humans, and then wiped out dinosaurs to give us room to grow? It’s a feasible an answer as any I’ve heard. Imagine, UFO’s zipping around the skies, shooting lasers at dinosaurs while fledging humans looked on, bewildered at the spectacle of it. Maybe other UFO’s even attacked some of the upstart human civilizations in an intergalactic battle against those that created us. Alas: Fire breathing DRAGONS!

Every ancient culture has stories about gods and goddesses that came from the sky in mechanical type flying vehicles. As we read in a past post about Chinese Dragons, these vehicles could in fact be UFO’s. The Chinese claimed that the dragons brought them wisdom and technology. Only an advanced civilization could do such a thing. When the aliens accomplished their goals of enlightening us, they simply boarded their dragon UFO’s and flew away into the sky.

Comets could also have been mistaken by the ancients. They had no knowledge of astronomy. How else could they describe a burning ball of fire, with long tails that spread out like wings that came flying through the sky? Comets have certainly hit the Earth before. Bam! Total destruction. Who gets the blame? Dragons, of course!

The simple fact of the matter is comets are visible quite often. If our ancients saw them and had no idea what they really were, who is to say that this didn’t serve as the genesis of dragon lore?

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Dragons of Lore Series: Biblical Dragons of the Apocalypse

Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

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Biblical dragons are perhaps the fiercest of all dragons. These are not village destroyers, they are civilization destroyers! However, there are many possibilities about what exactly biblical dragons are. They could be evil human leaders, warmongering countries led by a devious cult of personalities, or they could even be comets, nuclear bombs or aliens. One thing is for sure, they are often not scales, blood and bone flying reptiles.

Before we go any further, let me add that I am not a biblical scholar or expert by any stretch. I have, though, personally read the Bible, as I have many ancient holy books from many different religions. That said, my views on dragons in the biblical sense are not to be construed in any way that I am challenging anyone else religious views. My opinion: believe in whatever you choose and have fun with it.

Revelation 20:1-15 
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection...

If I’m reading this correctly, the prophet is saying that Satan is to be thrown into a bottomless pit (wormhole?) for one thousand years. The souls of martyrs and those that didn’t take the number of the beast resurrected into heaven. The souls of the dead that followed Satan and the Antichrist are not resurrected and judged for 1000 years. After that Satan is freed. It doesn’t say what happens after that. This is not the way most people talk about the end-times! For my fictional take on it check out my apocalyptic horror novel series The Devil’s Prophet @ http://thedevilsprophet.com

Ezekiel 29:3 
Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.

This passage seems to define the dragon as the Pharaoh of Egypt. Their dynasties lasted for thousands of years until they were taken down by first the Jewish God and then by my personal favorite conqueror, Alexander the Great. That dragon was slain!

Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

What kind of dragon could be in the sea? Was this prophet perhaps divining something that was too technologically advanced from him to accurately describe? Perhaps it could be a nuclear powered submarine firing nuclear weapons during World War Last. Another explanation could be invading aliens, who are known to make their bases in the sea.


Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

I cannot possibly say about this prophet’s use of the term dragon. He does accurately predict the fall of Babylon, which happened twice, once in early biblical times by the Medes and the Assyrians (Persians) and the other, just recently, by a war the United States started. The actual ancient city-state of Babylon does in fact lie in ruins in the badlands of Iraq, just as the prophet predicted. A ghost town, which for a brief time, was the greatest and most beautiful city in the world, may in fact be housing some type of terrible spiritual dragons ready to awaken and take thousands of simmering years’ worth of vengeance out on humanity.

Daniel Chapter 14
23There was a great dragon* which the Babylonians revered.24The king said to Daniel, “You cannot deny that this is a living god, so worship it.”25But Daniel answered, “I worship the Lord, my God, for he is the living God.26Give me permission, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club.” “I give you permission,” the king said.27Then Daniel took some pitch, fat, and hair; these he boiled together and made into cakes. He put them into the mouth of the dragon, and when the dragon ate them, he burst. “This,” he said, “is what you revered.”

This makes the apocalyptic prophet Daniel a world-class dragon slayer. There is not one clue in this text to point at a misconstrued technological device. It simply describes a biological beast that was obviously quite fearsome. How it came to be captured or what type of beast it really was is anyone’s guess. For slaying this beast, King Nebuchadnezzar listened to the pleas of the high priests of the dragon religion and sentenced Daniel to be thrown into a den of hungry lions. After several days, the King had his men open the den and Daniel walked out unharmed. Nebuchadnezzar promptly threw the wizards that worshipped the dragon into the pit and they were immediately eaten. Real or imagined, this is a great, great story.

Speaking of great stories, please give my own dragon story, Rise of the Raven Knights a read. It is a fantastic dark fiction tale, about dragons, owls, ravens, knights, ghosts and gargoyles that battle evil witches who plan to control demons and take over the world. http://sufferthewitch.com

Be sure to check back into DeThroe’s Blog in two weeks as I explore in depth, the possibility that the ancients mistook comets and UFO’s as dragons!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Dragons of Lore Intro


With all due respect to unicorns, faeries, dwarfs, elves, trolls and other fabled beings, my favorite mythical creature are dragons. If lions are kings of the jungle, then dragons were emperors of the air, water and land. Nothing could strike more fear into the ancient hearts of our ancestors than dragon attack. Real or made up doesn’t matter, legends of dragons were believed to be true by human beings for many millennia. Who am I to say they didn’t know what they were talking about?
These creatures loved one thing: hordes of treasure, and they would do anything to protect their horde, once they stole it from humans or some other mythical creature. They would destroy entire kingdoms to get what they wanted. Some have even demanded tribute, usually a young virgin chosen by a shaman, in exchange for not destroying a kingdom.
The best way to kill the dragon was by the combination of wizard/priest and a brave knight in shining armor. The dragon had one weakness: One scale missing right in front of his heart; the proverbial soft spot. Hit that spot and the dragon was slain. Of course, slaying a dragon would make one famous for eternity. Remember the stories of Beowulf, St. George & Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristan? All were dragon slayers. However, most daring warriors that challenged dragons ended up as a juicy roast.
I’ve often wondered how dragons would fare in today’s world? In Suffer the Witch Chronicles, I wanted to write a story about non-stereotypical characters who suddenly gain unbelievable paranormal powers and I also wanted to bring dragons into the twenty-first century. I believe Gazzy Windstorm, my dragon character in Rise of the Raven Knights, has given me the inspiration to accomplish my goals.
Some of the dragons I am going to touch on during the next several weeks are Smaug (from The Hobbit), the dragon slain by Beowulf, the Lambton Worm, St. Georges dragon, Medieval dragons, Indian dragons, Chinese dragons, the biblical dragon of the Apocalypse, the four types of Greek dragons (the Dracones, the Cetea, the fire-breathing Chimaera and the female Dracaenae), Egyptian Apep (the Sun god Ra’s enemy of darkness) and one or two more I haven’t yet settled on.
What exactly where dragons? UFO’s? All civilizations have UFO myths, disguised in one way or another, just as they do dragon myths. No tangible evidence exists for either, yet… Dinosaurs? Kind of similar looking creatures, these dinosaurs and dragons, aren’t they? Given our ancients somewhat modern trait of stretching tall tales, one could certainly make the case for them seeing dinosaur bones and making a connection. There could more to this story than that, though. Recent evidence suggests that modern humans and dinosaurs could have lived in the same age. The evidence speaks for itself and I will explore this development in depth in an upcoming blog. Comets? Besides UFO’s firing advanced laser technology, I can think of nothing that could represent the fire breathing flying beast which destroys civilizations better than comets. Volcanoes could’ve also had the same effect. In a religious sense, dragons could have the meaning of sin and also conquering kingdoms. Dragons have been linked to all of these things at one point or another throughout recorded history. One could make a case for and against any of these. I will dig deep into this question and come up with an interesting take for you, my readers, to enjoy.