Thinking of Kermit the frog and Coqui, his Caribbean amphibian cousin, should I consider myself to be a plumed serpent in the land of dragons?
When I first visited Cancun, I learned of Kukulkan, the feathered serpent, who was transformed from messenger between the Maya kings and the gods to the supreme creator god: god of resurrection and reincarnation emerging from the ocean and disappearing in it
afterwards.
The Chinese dragon, a snake-like creature with four legs, symbolizes strength and power and is ruler of weather and water. In China the dragon has nine sons:
- (1) dragons which like to cry - used on bells;
- (2) dragons who like music;
- (3) dragons who like to swallow;
- (4) lion-like beast dragons who like steep overhangs;
- (5) dragons who like to kill;
- (6) dragons who like literature;
- (7) dragons who like litigation (found over prison gates keeping guard);
- (8) dragons who like to sit;
- (9) dragons who like to carry heavy loads (the turtle).
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