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Medea is one of the few humans that ever tamed a dragon, much less a pair of them.
Dragons II
And on Down
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Tiamat, Mother of the Babylonian gods, chased and killed by Marduk, god of order. Tiamat represented chaos, a threat to the male dominated governments of ancient Babylon. Her body was used to fashion the universe. -Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Dragon on the Ishtar Gate which led to the inner city of Babylon
(575 B.C.) during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II.
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Dragons are usually independent, but they will obey goddesses. Here Athena rescues Jason who was attempting to filch the fleece. |
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Medea assisted Jason by drugging the Dragon Ladon to secure
the Golden Fleece. Here she makes a get-a-way in a dragon powered
chariot. (5th century BC vase painting) Medea is one of the few humans that ever tamed a dragon, much less a pair of them. |