Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4441317-20161219070848/@comment-26517627-20161226080101

Zxankou14 wrote: I've been wanting to ask this for a while. As far as mythology is concerned, what are dragons? Are they supposed to be deities some type of demon or some other type? And do they share the same rank in terms of power? It depends.

Some cultures and mythologies define a dragon as a chthonic being. A being of disorder able to wield power at its most primal (fire). While other cultures assign dragons a far more noble status of guardian. A protector or even a form the divine can take.

Demons are likewise defined as chthonic beings. Even outright gods were given the status of demons by the delusions of staunch monotheists who were not able to conceive of other divinities aside from their own "one true god™". Outright obliterated subtle nuances and other helpful hints of these gods due to them murdering their polytheist neighbours and losing nuances and subtly as well as entire languages. I digressed but you should get the point.

As chthonic beings/ beings of disorder/chaos they could wield great power. But since they are chaos. There's always a god, a hero. A combination of the two or a variation of one or the other that takes on these "monsters".