Discover how ancient tales of serpents and monsters shaped the dragons we know today, from the Biblical red dragon to Japan’s ocean god Ryujin.

Humans dream up a lot of dragons, from Beowulf's dragon to the Aztec feathered serpent, Quetzelcoatl, divine Chinese beings ...

J.R.R. Tolkien Gave the World His Childhood Fascination With Dragons in ‘The Hobbit’ The dragon Smaug—who debuted in The Hobbit in 1937, was inspired by his early reading of mythology ...

Inspired by the spirited ascent of the mythical rain dragon in Chinese mythology, Shenlong Tower is a self-sustaining skyscraper that harvests water from thin air.