{"id":18,"count":6,"description":"The Dragon is a mythical beast with reptile and serpentine characteristics that appears in legends from all across the world.\r\n\r\nAlthough the East and West's dragons have very similar physical qualities, their symbolic interpretations are vastly different, indicating the cultural contrasts between these civilizations.\r\n\r\nThe most significant distinction between Asian and European dragons is that, while European legend depicts dragons as terrible, terrifying, and malicious creatures, Asian cultures see them as benevolent beings.\r\n\r\nThe beast par excellence, the enemy, and the devil are all represented by dragon symbols in Western and Eastern civilizations. Water, clouds, rain, floods, sin, and evil are all represented by the dragon symbol. The Hebrews call it the sea monster.","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/dragon-symbols\/","name":"Dragon Symbols","slug":"dragon-symbols","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}