Post by Indilwen on Sept 11, 2011 13:07:16 GMT 12
DRAGON BLESSING
May dragons bring you wealth
and guard your treasures
May they banish darkness and enlighten you
May female dragons grant you inner power
May the Dragon Queen
neutralize your enemies
May Dragon Spirits
give you power over Elementals
May weather dragons
bring rain at your request
May Ti'amat effect the changes you command
May Ishtar grant you Dragon Power
May Ishtar grant you Dragon Power
MYTHOLOGY
Other names for dragons include wyrm, wurm and firedrake
Sacred to:
Anantaboga, King of Underworld Dragons - Ao, the Four Dragon Kings - Dahaka - Godi - Goru - Fafnir - Illuyankas, the Dragon - Irnini - Ishhara - Ishtar - Lung-Wang, the Dragon Kings - Medea, the Dragon Queen - Nidhogger - Ryujin, the Dragon King - Tiamat, Dragoness of Chaos - Vahagn Visapakal, Dragon-Choker - Vritra
Individual dragons known to us from mythology include:
Long / Lung, from Chinese mythology.
Ladon, the hundred-headed oracular serpent of Greek mythology who guarded the Golden Apples of the Sun in the Garden of the Hesperides. He was slain by Hercules.
Raja Naga, King of the Sea Serpents, largest of the ocean dragons in Malaysian mythology.
Tiamat, or Leviathan, the five-headed dragon goddess of Mesopotamian mythology. She was instrumental in Babylonian myths of the Flood.
Benzaitin, Japanese goddess of love and happiness, was sometimes depicted riding a dragon.
The magical rowan tree of Irish legend was guarded by a dragon.
An unsleeping dragon guarded the Golden Fleece, which Jason and his Argonauts sought. Medea overcame this dragon by sprinkling sleep drops in his eyes.
Dragons are usually depicted with wings in the West, while Eastern dragons are generally wingless and move or fly by magical means.
Dragons symbolize yang, the male principal, in Tao.
Dragons are not considered evil in China, where they symbolize:
mystery - originality - the active principle
There are five kinds of Chinese dragons:
1. Imperial dragons, with five claws. The others all have four claws.
2. Celestial dragons, who guard the heavenly abode of dieties
3. Dragon spirits, who rule wind, rain and cause floods
4. Earth dragons, who clear rivers and deepen oceans
5. Treasure-guarding dragons
Glass was once believed to be solidified dragon breath.
Green dragons: Male symbol
White dragons: Gold was believed to be formed of their congealed breath
Purple dragons: Rock crystal was believed formed of their spittle
Sea dragons: Sacred to Hung Sheng, the Holy One, who protects fishing vessels
DRAGON MAGICK
Planet: Mars
Element:
fire-breathing dragons = Fire
dragons as sea serpents = Water
flying dragons = Air
Circle Invocations: (thanks to: John/Draco)
North: Grael, Earth
South: Fafnir, Fire
East: Sairys, Air
West: Naelyan, Water
Language of Flowers: Dragon Plant = Snare
For: earth energy - power
Plant: bistort, dragon's blood
Can be positive or negative
Portent of prosperity - enlightener of darkness
Believed to produce rain, in China
The Chinese assign dragons the following correspondences:
color: green
direction: East
element: fire; wood
season: Spring
part of the body: liver
WHEEL OF THE YEAR
The Midsummer bonfire drives away the dragon that causes disease.