The Ancient Egyptians worshiped dragons and crocodiles. They created a Dragon magic that had rituals and a dragon language. Sobek was one such revered Nile crocodile represented as a human with a crocodile head. Sobek was called upon for its power, protection, military prowess and fertility. He was linked to Isis and Osiris, by aiding the goddess to regain her husband’s body parts.
Cerastes, another known dragon that was invoked for its magic was the horned dragon like creature Cerastes in Kassite and Neo Assyrian Kudurrus. It was invoked in Assyrian texts as a magical protective creature. It appears in Mesopotamian art from 323 BCE- 31 BCE.
According to the authors of ‘The Book of English Magic,’ over time, dragon magic spread to Hungary then to England and across the globe by Oral tradition.
England has its’ own dragon-lore such as St. George and the dragon and the mythical, King Arthur who sports the sir name Pendragon.
Dragon-lore is popular throughout Asia and dragon celebrations during China’s New Year. During the Chinese New Year one will see the streets lined with large colorful, dragons and fireworks.
Dragon magic language contains 108 runic sigils worldwide.
Sources and References:
The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm & Richard Heygate
Black, Jeremy; Green, Anthony (1992). Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press.
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