Of all the fictional creatures dragon most famous in the world. From ancient times to the present time, the east and the west, in the national epic and fantastic works embodiment dragon was terrible superhuman strength. In the legends of many peoples of the world dragons - powerful opponents eternal heroes.Each of the legends victory over the dragon has great symbolic and sometimes practical. Heroes of Middle transfers thus save their people from various disasters. Win dragon, mythological Greek warriors gained immortality as medieval knights - countless treasures and royal brides beautiful crown.In modern fiction novels fate of many civilizations planets future depends on the outcome of the battle with the dragon, whose power extends to the whole universe. Wherever there was a dragon, he was always brave opponent. Their struggle - the main story of myths of all nations.However, the dragon is not always considered so much a monster. Modern dragon has very little in common with its medieval ancestor, and even less - the dragons of ancient myths and legends, which often was absolutely horrible unnatural bloodlust.