08-27-2014, 02:52 PM
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Dragon-Pair Scabbards
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10-06-2014, 08:41 AM
I have seen this "premise" before, or perhaps it's better-called "speculation." These dragons have beaks, as in bird beaks, and dragons had teeth. It would be a better guess to speculate these doubled artistic figures as griffons. As far I know, and until it can be proven otherwise, the Balkan Celts never saw a dragon until it was introduced by steppe tribes from further east. :wink:
The same speculative conclusion was published years ago by Megaw & Megaw in relation to Briton's Celts; and once again, it was wishful thinking based upon so-called "dragons" which looked incredibly like lyre birds. And I'm sure we'll hear the same story again when someone finds a new Celtic scabbard with amazing "dragons" decorating it. :whistle:
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 |
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