CIS 25: JavaScript Homework #6

The pearl and the moon are closly symbolized together and in this picture they can be interchangable. The pearl has been labled the moon-stone because of it's shape and it's color as well as being found in the water and the moon's relation with the tide. The pearl and the dragon are usually found in the Eastern legends but a few examples of this union can be found in Western stories.

It was said that every Chinese dragon had a large pearl on it somewhere under it's chin, embedded in the folds of skin. This pearl gave the dragon its power. Along with that pearl, additional pearls could be seen in their claws or just in their presnce. The Treasure Guarding Dragon, or Fu-ts'ang-Lung, always had an enormous pearl in its grasp. This seemed to have symbolism of its own, as all earthly treasures and the hidden treasure of wisdom. In decorative art two dragons are often shown playing with a pearl which is said to summon the needed rains.

Many dragons were seen as rulers of water, from the rains to the sea. In China it was believed that in every river dwelt a dragon lord, known as Ti-Lung, who controlled the flow. It was also believed that every dragon palace was located below the water.
In Western mythology the dragon was ruler of the sky, because they could fly, of the underground, because they liked to live in caves, and of the storm clouds, because when you look out at the horizon it appears that the clouds are rising from out of the ground.

Many cultures believe that in the begining there was only a great void and a great ocean. Many cultures also believe that it was a dragon who began every thing. In Babylonian mythology life began when the dragon Tiamat (who represented salt water) and the dragon Apsu (who represented fresh water) mingled.

Symbolism In Animal Lore