03-29-2013, 10:04 PM
Quote:I'm sorry maybe I missed this in the earlier thread, but if the earlier example you are referencing had no animal head (especially lacking the head of a dragon), Why are we referring to it as a "draco"? Isn't that term kind of specific to the dragon standard?
If only those Steppe tribe could have taken the time to invent a written language to tell us what these things were.
That's a good point, but we need to call it something even when the term is Roman. Also, we forget that the body of the windsock undulates, just like the dragon that vends through the streets on Chinese New Year. In a sense, even the body is a "draco."
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Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
