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		thaumasiotes 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Wind, a Pole, and the Dragon > It seems possible that "dragon" might be a corruption of "daemon"? Why? Those aren't similar concepts. There's no connection between them.

zoom6628 74 days ago [–]

Dragon used as part of a phrase to describe some demons. So a poor translation tool maybe would see daemon as misspelling of demon and render "dragon".

More wild speculation for the curious :-)

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