Some of the dragons that characters face are metaphoric dragons. elephants, walruses, lions), but would have been just as fantastic as a dragon to contemporaries.Ĩ INNER DRAGONS The only place that you can find it is on the Hunt-Lenox globe – a small bronze globe created in the 16th century.* The magical words appear off the eastern coast of China.ĩ INNER DRAGONS Here by dragons symbolized the host of unknown dangers that travelers might encounter. These included many which are not considered mythical today (e.g. southernmost part of habitable world).ħ INNER DRAGONS Several Map historians mentioned that numerous terrifying and amazing beasts appeared on the sorts of map in question.
most medieval maps have serpents in southern Africa (i.e. Here be dragons" is a phrase used to denote dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of the medieval practice of putting sea serpents and other mythological creatures in blank areas of maps.Ħ INNER DRAGONS According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, "The animal called a dragon is a winged crocodile with a serpent's tail whence the words serpent and dragon are sometimes interchangeable." Furthermore, says Brewer, the word "dragon" was used "by ecclesiastics of the Middle Ages as the symbol of sin in general. “Here be Dragons” symbolized the host of unknown dangers that travelers might encounter. (FACING DOWN THE DRAGON).ĥ INNER DRAGONS Back in the olden days when English mapmakers were creating their literal understanding of the world, they thought it was dangerous. PERHAPS EVERYTHING THAT FRIGHTENS US IS, IN ITS DEEPEST ESSENCE, SOMETHING HELPLESS THAT WANTS OUR LOVE. “PERHAPS ALL THE DRAGONS IN OUR LIVES ARE PRINCESSES WHO ARE ONLY WAITING TO SEE US ACT, JUST ONCE WITH BEAUTY AND COURAGE. We are also going to think about what our stories are really about and important life lessons as we go deeper on our “fantastic” journeys.Ĥ SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ( WE WILL COME BACK TO IT): We have started to think deeply about conflicts in texts and especially in the fantasies we have been reading but now we will dig deeper with inner struggles characters face.ģ INTRO: INNER DRAGONS Sometimes these inner struggles appear as symbolic objects or creatures. Presentation on theme: "FACING OUR INNER DRAGONS: DIGGING DEEPER INTO CONFLICT"- Presentation transcript:ġ FACING OUR INNER DRAGONS: DIGGING DEEPER INTO CONFLICTĪ SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY MRS.
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