The Dragon Myth is one of the oldest mythologies in human history, and is known all across the world, hinting at its early origins. In this video we follow these myths to their origin, the first mythology and the time it started, and on the journey we explore myths form China (Loong), Australia (The Rainbow Serpent), Africa (The Rain Snake), and Europe (Vrtra and NgWhi), as well as Paleolithic Rituals, and the psychology of why the myth has persisted so long.

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References used by Researchers split by Geographic Region to which they apply can be found in the paper: D’Huy, Julien. Le motif du dragon serait paléolithique: mythologie et archéologie. 2015. HAL Open Science. I couldn't note them here as they were longer than the description allows.

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Senqu River: new light on Qing's commentary on San rock art from Sehonghong, Lesotho, Azania:
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Chapters
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0:00 Introduction
1:57 Background of Research and Defining Dragons
2:27 A Chinese Dragon Myth
5:42 Phylogentics
9:42 An Indic Dragon Myth
10:46 The Dispersal of the Dragon Myth
16:34 An Indo-European Dragon Myth
17:53 Dragon Rituals
19:01 Physical evidence of Dragon belief
21:18 An Australian Dragon Myth
24:16 The Myths are Connected
24:46 Why did the Dragon Myth persist?
27:47 A South African Myth
31:38 Putting this all together