The etymology of the word "Dragon" comes to us via the Latin but is derived fundamentally from the Greek, though the origin of the word and its definition is probably much older. The word in Greek is drakon, as in edrakon, an aorist of Derkesthai, which means "to see clearly".
A Dragon was one who saw clearly, and clarity of vision engendered was always classically associated with wisdom, which itself produced power. Today we say that knowledge is power, so nothing has changed in that respect, except that it is actually wisdom-the ability to predict or intuit and synthesise knowledge-a prerequisite of Druidic or Fairy neuro-physiology, that actually affords the greatest power of all.
In a progression of logic that naturally suggests itself, we are therefore entering in upon the linguistic territory of the Seer, the Witch and the Magus, with whom the foregoing qualities have always been closely identified, a state of affairs with which etymologists concur. From there, in the Gaelic realms, we encounter the Merlin, a name which, like Dragon, literally means "seer", and who furthermore, were of a class of Druid priests or philosophus or magi, as they were also known in classical times. Anciently the foregoing regional epithets were all attributed to one royal, priestly tribe originally known in Indo-European as the Arya: the "race of the wise ones", a caste which was described in Latin as the nobilis, which is a name that originated from the Greek root gno, meaning "to know".
Similarly the word king is derived from the related Gothic word kun-ingzam, meaning both "knowing one" and "scion of the noble (meaning wise), race". In addition we have the associated word siddhis, meaning "the powers" and from this word or vice versa, was derived the tribal name the Scythians, the Arya-Sidhe or Sidheans. The siddhi were a range of psychic or paranormal phenomena which manifested themselves as the attributes of those Tantric priests in Eurasia who had attained samadhi or "enlighten-ment".
These people, coterminously the Aryans or Scythians, who are thought to have developed Tantra in Sumeria, were known as the legendary Tuadha d'Anu (tribe of Anu and by a traditional, widely known derivation "people of the stars") or daouine sidhe (meaning "people of the powers") in the Gaelic countries. They were the "wise ones", the Elves or Fairies. From this we can conclude that by correct definition, a Dragon was originally (by blood descent from the race of the wise) an overlord, an Archdruid or bruid-hina, Magus and a seer, an Elven goddess-queen or god-king. Such are not to be confused with the warrior kings or tinker dynasties installed by the Roman Church over the last 1500 years, nor with any modern royal family. The Druidhe were kings above kings.
The Dragon or Fairy gene was very rare and true Archdruidic, royal Dragon families were rarer still. Persecutions excepted, if this were not the case anyway, then perhaps many Fairy stories of the popular genre which originated from outside the Dragon culture would never have taken hold. The reality of the stories would have been everywhere in everyday life.
Traditionally and consistently, the symbol of both wisdom (Sophia) and healing was the serpent or, as it was also known, the Dragon. In keeping with this, the kings and queens of pre-Catholic history were noted for their heal-ing capabilities and as such, in Judaic mythology, were called, perhaps, after the archangel Raphael, the Repha'im or Rapha'Elohim; the healing gods of the Anunnaki. Raphael was the Prince who appeared to Adam in Eden according to Milton.
No mention of this is made in Genesis and one suspects that of the two entities that did appear to Adam, Enlil and Enki, or if you like, God and the Catholic Satan, Raphael (the Angel of the Rising Sun), who must have been Enki. It was he who gave Kingship to man in the form of the Elven Overlords and after whom, by various related epithets, including "The Repha'im", the Elven Kings are known. Authorities believe that these people were identical to both the Nephilim and the Anakim of Idumea and Canaan. The Anakim are ancient ancestral kings found in the Old Testament, and it would appear that they originate from peoples descended from Black Sea migrants. There is a large number of Scythians in the Middle East region. In early heraldry, derived from ancient sources, the Dragon was depicted as a serpent with the wings of a Swan. This image was also given the wings of a bat.
The Dragon nevertheless was humanoid and so the symbolism in the Dragon glyph should rather be interpreted to substantiate the etymology of the word itself. The serpent stands for the wisdom and healing powers of the sacred king or queen whose regalia often consisted of serpent-like scale armour and whose consciousness soars above that of humanity as if carried on wings, which was symbolised by shamanic Swan's feather cloaks.
The nocturnal habits of the Dragon people, typically those of the Cimmerian Scythians, who are a sub group of the Skoloti or Scythian peo-ples from the Southern Steppes region of what is now known as Greater Scythia, were noted by their contemporaries. The Swan's wings of the Dragon glyph attributed to them were either interchangeable with, or substi-tuted by, those of the bat to signify this.
One of their earlier names-Anunnaki-suggests "heaven meets earth". Lots of fanciful notions have been put forward to suggest that the Anunnaki were from outer space, but a far simpler way of understanding the name is to ask a simple question: "when do the heavens the An or Stars-meet the Earth?" The answer is of course-"at night time".
When considering the nature of the Elves or the Anunnaki, rather than believing they came from a different planet, it might be worth considering that they occupied a different dimension. If this sounds equally as fanciful and implausible, consider this. A multitude of different animal species on this planet can be perceived by human sensory capacities and therefore, to all intents and purposes, the physical aspect of their being occupies the human dimension.
However, because of their anatomical and physiological make-up, these species' experiences of the same material reality are different and these dif-ferences are caused by, amongst other things, variations in the respective synaptic connections and hormone levels. Consequently these variants are known to differentiate between the perceptions of their universe and that of humanity. These species actually live in another dimension and at a higher or variant frequency, where the subjective qualities of time and the environment for them are totally different to the way in which humans perceive them.
The level to which the Fairies experienced life was far deeper than the level to which humans experienced it.
In real terms the Fairies inhabited an entirely alien world but occupied the same planet. In this sense they were from a different dimension, charac-terised and regulated by their body chemistry which enabled them to see more in the environment than humans could. In this they were no more remarkable than any other non-human species we are able to study today. Flies, sharks, dolphins and a host of other life forms have attributes and abil-ities humans do not possess. As a consequence of this, the way in which they interact with the planet is completely alien to the way in which humans do.
For a fly, time is completely different and for a shark, any warm blooded creature glows with a blue, electro-chemical haze or aura, proving to some extent, the veracity of the theory of Kirlian photography.
The concept of dimension is entirely subjective, as is any concept of real-ity, which to the greatest extent in humans, is manipulated not only by their internal constitutions, but also and largely by external environmental condi-tioning and attachment. This training forces humans to subdue and modify their internal constitutions in order to align themselves with arbitrary social expectations. The consequence of this is to create a dichotomy-an endless-ly chattering, self-flagellating, hateful monkey in the human forebrain whose ceaseless din, which humans call reality, prevents the individual from enter-ing any other form of perception or, if you like, stops them from changing their dimension.
Humans cannot perceive the monkey. However, by virtue of a different chemical constitution, the Fairies could, quite naturally, and were able to put it in its correct perspective. Once silenced, the monkey which creates the illu-sion of time and substance is unable to keep the doors to other dimensions, so securely locked.
The Fairies were Dragons and this means that they "saw clearly", they saw subtler emanations than man could. In order to be able to do this the Fairies would have to have their senses tuned into a higher frequency than man. Therefore the Fairies were tuned to a higher frequency of perception and activity generally.
In cybernetic terms, any system that is faster and consequently higher than a given base is called a nautonnier or navigator. In cybernetics these sys-tems are set over and in control of the slower functional operations within any given mechanical or organic arrangement. If we transpose this theory onto human society we get leaders and followers. The leaders are supposed to be able to function at a faster rate than the followers, and thereby antici-pate any given direction the system might go in and plan sensible strategies that the system might adopt for its well-being.
Today this is ludicrous. Self-seeking, middle class incompetents more often find themselves voted in to control what are now vast, unwieldy, out-of-control social systems which, once upon a time, no one would have trust-ed to anyone but the Elves. In the past therefore, because the Fairies were, for millennia, physiologically bred and exhaustively trained to operate at a higher level than men, humans often invited them to become social naviga-tors or nautonniers. The Sumerian word for a navigator is a Gall, which sounds a bit like a Gael, doesn't it? The language of the western Royal Scythians was Gaelic and the Royal Scythians were the Fairies, the Elves: the Dragons.