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Article: Dragons in the daylilies: don't be afraid to share your garden with beneficial creatures.(Gardening)
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- Mississippi Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Races and cultures worldwide tell legends of flying, fire-breathing, lizard-like beasts. From the continent of Australia up through the Dutch East Indian archipelago to the Indian sub-continent then up through Asia and over to Europe, cave drawings depict our racial memories, our inner ancestral remembrances of dragon-like creatures. The predominance of dragons in Chinese and other Oriental histories is well-documented. The storied King Arthur, "Arthur Pendragon" himself, is considered by historians to be the legendary personification of the ancient Celtic/Druidic belief that the British Isles are the literal "dracon" or "draconum." The Scottish Highlands are said to be ...