They're found all around the world (although this is admittedly more due to decisions on the part of early translators than anything else: 'hey Jack, what should we designate as the translation of 'Qetzacouatl,' the feathery serpent thing from mesoamerica?' 'I don't know. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!' – Smaug, The Hobbitĭragons are an obscure mythical creature that you've probably never heard of before.
I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. 'I kill where I wish and none dare resist. This is pretty much what most people today think of when they hear the word.