Re: USAGE: Dinos and dragons
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 13, 2000, 4:31 |
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On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 10:30:57PM -0700, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
[snip]
> Tying back in to Danny's comments about dragons and dinosaur knowledge,
> there is this:
> "The dragon seems to perpetuate the tradition of primæval flying saurians of
> geologic times, now known only through their fossilized remains. The Lamas
> and Chinese Buddhists have assimilated them with the mythical serpants
> (Naga) of Indian myth."
[snip]
"Naga"!! That's the Malay word for "dragon". Hmmm....
T