TED-Ed
Why do so many cultures have dragon legends? - Timothy J. Burbery
2025 • E45 Jun 3, 2025 6m
From the Chinese Loong to the Filipino Bakunawa, the Scottish Beithir and the Greek Hydra, dragons have inflamed imaginations for millennia. Their ubiquity across world mythology has led many scholars to ponder their possible origins. Could it be that tales of dragons were crafted to make sense of violent weather events? Timothy J. Burbery shares what geomythology has uncovered about dragons.
Lesson by Timothy J. Burbery, directed by Sailesh Gopalan, Lanlan Studios.
Lesson by Timothy J. Burbery, directed by Sailesh Gopalan, Lanlan Studios.