Its wyverns not dragons!!

[Windex Drinker]

Why is it that after 13 years Bethesda still continues to call them dragons when they are clearly WYVERNS dragons have 4 legs wyverns have 2

[Kryptic]

your not collecting wyvern souls

[Synopse]

This is not about heraldry, my friend.
This. Is. SKYRIM!

[Windex Drinker]

Messaggio originale di Synopse:

This is not about heraldry, my friend.
This. Is. SKYRIM!

what are you yapping about

[Synopse]

Messaggio originale di Synopse:

This is not about heraldry, my friend.
This. Is. SKYRIM!

Heraldy, my rude friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

[Windex Drinker]

Messaggio originale di Synopse:

Messaggio originale di Synopse:

This is not about heraldry, my friend.
This. Is. SKYRIM!

Heraldy, my rude friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

sorry i dont click on dodgy links

[Synopse]

Messaggio originale di Windex Drinker:

Messaggio originale di Synopse:

Heraldy, my rude friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

sorry i dont click on dodgy links

And I don't do trash talk, my punny friend. Have a good day.

[DeathStroke]

Messaggio originale di Windex Drinker:

Why is it that after 13 years Bethesda still continues to call them dragons when they are clearly WYVERNS dragons have 4 legs wyverns have 2

thats one very specific and narrow view , based entirely on Heraldic era UK definition of what a dragon is. There are creatures called dragons in other cultures with more or less legs then that. Why are you trying to apply one made up definition from OUR world into a completely unrelated fantasy world?

[Alex]

OP is collecting clown awards.

[Casualfield]

I wonder if his name gave it away

[sergiomorozov]

Well, OP is actually on the level of many present-time "heraldry specialists" who insist on using old heraldry rules for the new times (e.g. rule of "no technical/scientific symbols on modern coats of arms".)

[Alex]

Come on, OP, show me the difference between a dragon and a wyvern. I'm not even asking for live specimens, a couple of hi-res pictures of the real deal would be enough.

[alexander_dougherty]

Messaggio originale di sergiomorozov:

Well, OP is actually on the level of many present-time "heraldry specialists" who insist on using old heraldry rules for the new times (e.g. rule of "no technical/scientific symbols on modern coats of arms".)

Actually they don't even work as standards for old times.
Plenty of European stories were dragons had more or fewer legs.... Hell plenty of ENGLISH stories were the dragon didn't meet Heraldic standards....

[Valden21]

OP, there are many different definitions of what a dragon is, to the point of there being no set definition at all. Asian dragons are usually portrayed as being serpentine and wingless; they're still dragons. Scandinavian dragons are portrayed as having no forelegs, just wings and hindlegs; they're still dragons. Tolkein's books had THREE different types of dragons, and only one of them matched the modern-day western European idea of what a dragon is; they were still dragons.

The only factors in common across all the definitions are that dragons are big, reptilian, and very powerful. At one point, that first component of wasn't even a sure thing; some of the earliest versions of the St. George and the Dragon story portray the dragon as being about the size of a labrador retriever. Ironically, wyverns first appeared in British folklore as being a kind of lesser dragon, so THEY count as dragons too. So really, the idea that "Skyrim dragons aren't dragons" is utterly false, as the concept of what a dragon has never truly been set in stone.

[sdack]

I have a speech problem. I cannot say whffrs... Can I call them dragons, please?

[R4ndomG4mer]

As others already pointed out, different universes/worlds have different definitions of what a dragon is. But to add to that, saying "It's not a dragon, it's a wyvern!!" Is dumb. It's like saying "That's not a dog, that's a beagle!"