Dragons and Winged Serpents Mythology: Dragons arewinged beingsportrayed in the ancient mythologies of most cultures. Dragons were born of a time other than men, a time of chaos, creation out of destruction. The
dwelling in the Rhipaean mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the north. The Arismaspians mounted on horseback, and attempted to steal the gold, and hence arose the hostility between the horse and the griffin. The body of the griffin ...