Read them, watch them fly, glide, play with them.  Dragons have become a symbol for power, strength, speed and supremacy.  They are found in books, movies, video games and more.  It is not only the adults who appreciate their characteristics but young people as well. 

Writers and poets are not exempted from the alluring and magical influence of dragons.  J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for his Lord of the Ring trilogy, has also created various dragons in his books such as Chrysophylax Dives, in Farmer Giles of Ham, Black in The Silmarillion, and Scatha in Middle Earth.  Other well-known literature dragons include Bryagh from Gordon R. Dickson's imagination The Dragon and The George, the blue dragon Greer from DragonQuest, DragonKnight, and DragonFire by Donita Paul, and Katla in The Brothers Lionheart written by Astrid Lindgren.

A large number of dragons amused movie watchers with their strengths, power, speed, warmth spirit and determination.  Among the famous dragons in films include Saphira, Shruikan and several unidentified dragons from the movie Eragon.  Who would forget the love interest of Donkey in the movie Shrek named Dragon? - A female dragon with very attractive eyelashes.

The first installment of the Harry Potter series also displayed a dragon in the form of Norbert.  Also Falkor was a dragon from the movie "The Never ending Story".   Other movie dragons are Vermithrax Pejorative from the movie Dragonslayer, Adelaid and Smite from George and the Dragon and an anonymous six-legged dragon from Hallmark's production Merlin.  Animation movies also have their own dragons to show off such as Mushu and Maleficent both from Disney movies Mulan, and Sleeping Beauty respectively.

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