Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 1 month agoOf course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down11
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageOf course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarethe_toast_is_gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoI like the theory that ancient people found dinosaur bones somehow and just made up dragons based on what they saw.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoMaybe, but it’s also not hard to imagine them seeing that there were reptiles of multiple sizes and they got bigger and bigger (maybe even crocodiles via trade or just native). “This, but huge” is a pretty easy path to folktales.
minus-squarekofe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSlap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin
I like the theory that ancient people found dinosaur bones somehow and just made up dragons based on what they saw.
Maybe, but it’s also not hard to imagine them seeing that there were reptiles of multiple sizes and they got bigger and bigger (maybe even crocodiles via trade or just native).
“This, but huge” is a pretty easy path to folktales.
Slap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin