Age Of Dragons: Mythology and History
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Introduction
Draconic history blends with draconic religion and draconic myth, and is interpreted through the distorting lenses of contemporary politics and academic revisionism. It is widely accepted that the Mother Goddess created the world some sixty thousand years or more ago, but even to dragons this is a long time, and it is only in the last twelve thousand years that Dragons invented writing and considered it worthwhile to properly document what had previously been an oral tradition of history-keeping.
The histories described below are those which are widely accepted by Dragonkind, but it is possible (or even likely) that the earlier histories are as much fiction as fact, and that previous generations of dragons may have viewed their past differently. The last twelve thousand years are recorded with more accuracy, but even then politics and religion have played their part, with different observers seeing things differently, and blatant censorship and revisionism obscuring truth...
Creation Myths: The Mother Goddess
Adherents to the Blessed Church of the Mother recite the following:
In the beginning, there was Nothing.
Then the Mother Goddess inhaled, and by breathing she Became.
She was the first Dragon, Lady Sky, the Mother of All and the One Goddess.
She exhaled, and the World was Made.
To help her shape and rule this world, the Mother breathed the Twelve Breeds into existence.
First, in Springtime, she breathed and created the three Dragons of Order.
To the first and eldest, white of scale, She said "You are the Pure Dragon, my Eldest Son. You must lead the others as king and priest, and teach the world to woeship."
To the second, silver of scale, She said "You are the Argent Dragon, the Judge. You must teach the rule of law, and guard society."
To the third, gold of scale, She said "You are the Solar Dragon, the Mediator. You must bring harmony to all dragons and all creatures, and ensure that all are as one."
The Three Dragons of Springtime understood, and said that they would obey.
