atro_city@fedia.io to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoDragons love hoarding gold and other shiny, valuable things. Only a few brave knights ever vanquish them: are the uber-rich just dragons?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareDragons love hoarding gold and other shiny, valuable things. Only a few brave knights ever vanquish them: are the uber-rich just dragons?atro_city@fedia.io to ShowerThoughts@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBinette@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoPrecisely. If I remember correctly, it is speculated that since story tellers couldn’t write anything to criticise the monarchy, they used allegories, like dragons.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMuch of alchemy is supposed to be crypto-self development that would have fallen afoul of the church.
Precisely. If I remember correctly, it is speculated that since story tellers couldn’t write anything to criticise the monarchy, they used allegories, like dragons.
Much of alchemy is supposed to be crypto-self development that would have fallen afoul of the church.