SciFi & Fantasy Fiction and Stories by Dan DC Peterson

Sorry Jirah, but Tolkien admitted that "The Hobbit" was written for "little children", and it is a rather silly, and wholly unbelievable story that only a small child (or moron equivalent) could believe. And there were many ridiculous things in the LOTR movie as well, such as the beheading of the enormous Fell Beast with a sword stroke from a woman, which is one of the most idiotic sequences ever created for film. Don’t you know that it is extremely difficult for the strongest and most skilled man to behead another man with a sword, and here we have a massive, 100 foot long creature, with a neck the girth of a large horse, covered in tough keratin scales and with vertebrae a foot thick. How stupid is that?
Everything Tolkien wrote wasn’t stupid or childish, but Hobbit and LOTR certainly were.

Ok, Sorry for anyone reading this, and sorry if I get banned, but Draconic, you need to get off your high horse of dragon obsession. You criticize stories that involve dragon slaying...saying that it is impractical/impossible. Who cares!?! That aspect of fantasy makes it interesting! Tolkiens Hobbit involved a bird pointing out Smaug’s weakness, which was a chink in his armor, something that is based out of classic mythologies. Do birds talk? no. Do dragons exist? no. So why is it so unrealistic that Smaug was killed in this way? Furthermore, you state that the "unbelievable" fantasy elements alienate adults from modern fantasy. First off, I doubt that making fantasy logical (oxymoron?) would add to its adult readerbase. Second, the imaginative part of fantasy is what makes it so enjoyable. I love stories full of whimsy and "impossible" things, and know many adults that do as well (not that that matters) furthermore, fairy tales and fables aren’t immature or childish, they’re just as thought out, and often much more moving, than a logical fantasy story in which dragons cannot be killed. Oh, and about your post to Jirah...you said only a moron could believe in the Hobbit....well...who actually believes fantasy stories to be true? No one I know! Do you honestly expect your dragon novel that features dragon gods to be real? I doubt it! How absurd is the concept of dragon gods? I mean, only a moron would believe in that! I’d much rather read a mythical folktale involving a dragon getting intoxicated, allowing a sacrificial virgin to sneak in and kill it by puncturing its one piece of exposed flesh with a needle, instantly killing it. Absurd? Yes. Logical? Maybe in my universe. Enjoyable? Yes.

Obviously, Glyre, you are not aware that Tolkien admitted that The Hobbit was written for young children who would accept such childish ideas. When Tolkien wrote about dragons for an ADULT audience, such as in Farmer Giles of Hamm, even the rather cowardly dragon was more than a match for a whole army of knights, and could only be humbled by Giles’ possession of a magic sword. In fact this story, like the blockbuster film Shrek, actually spoofed the notion of a mere human knight defeating a large dragon becuase it is such a stupid idea that only a child could think is possible.

In popular ’adult’ fantasy such as the work of Bestseller Terry Goodkind, not even the hero with his magic sword imagines he can defeat the large dragon, because this story is for thinking adults and not geeky teenagers with comic book expectations of their human heroes.

You apparently know almost nothing about the world’s religions. Much of the oriental world acknowledges dragon gods, and as my book will show, the God Yahweh of the Judao-Christian-Muslim theologies was originally described and known as a dragon.

Oh, and I am hardly "dedicating my life to dragons" as you seem to fantasize. My three, previously published books and innumerable magazine, journal and newspaper articles have nothing to do with dragons. Nor does my real world profession have anything to do with dragons. My stories here deal with dragons because this is a fantasy site, and they are certainly a popular subject here. My study of dragons in the world’s myths and religions is actually just one, of my many, many, hobbies and interests.

May I ask what these other hobbies and interests are of yours?

You would see some of those interests if you looked at my profile, but a major one is historical reenactment/living history, of many different time periods beginning with the Romans up to the present day. I have been on many "history channel" productions related to this, including the depiction of Spartans filmed in Malta, and the Battle of the Teutoberger forest in Wales. This also includes experimental archaeology, in which we learn about things in the past by reconstructing, and then experimenting with these technologies, such as how weapons worked and their capabilities. One important experiment is the testing of the Roman cavalry saddle by riding it for hundreds of miles. I enjoy normal archaeology too and have worked on excavations in Israel, notably Gamla near the Sea of Galilee, of particular interest due to its role in the Jewish War described by Josephus. I studied the Bible, and many ancient cultures and religions long before I realized Yahweh is a dragon.

Dan, I replied to all your comments on my stories now as well. They were written in this order and so the train of thoughts fits best in this way:

Dragons of the Planet Earth,
Leviathan chapter 5,
Leviathan chapter 3,
Leviathan chapter 2

I have a favor to ask of you....would you please read through your bible again, and realize that Yahweh is not a dragon/ god/ diety, but another word for God, and that Jesus would not call a Heavenly creature Devil, unless the Heavenly creature was fallen, now i believe that there is something missing from the Bible, that got left out purposely...but i don’t believe in half of what you are saying. I don’t thing Yahweh was a dragon/ diety/ god-like creature, but that he was what the hebrews called God. and heavenly creatures that have FALLEN are considered devils, but not heavenly creatures that have not!!!

I have read and studied the bible in great detail, and even more importantly, the much older theologies that Genesis was based on, not to mention the archeological discoveries that confirm what I am saying. It is clear that originally the Hebrews understood Yahweh was not the Chief god, but a lesser god that watched over their tribe.

So do me a favor and answer these questions?

Why does the Bible say Yahweh has wings and spews fire from his mouth and smoke from his nostrils?

Why did the Hebrews feed Yahweh animals, babies and captured enemy virgins?

Why did Yahweh tell Moses to make an idol of a great winged serpent or dragon?

Why did the Hebrews worship this idol for hundreds of years during the time Israel was a great power?

Why did dragons STILL decorate the holiest item in the later temple?

Why did ancient Jewish religioous laws state exactly how a "holy dragon" must be depicted?

Why did the Persians say Yahweh was a dragon?

Why did many ancint Christians say Yahweh was dragon?

Why does the word for the highest heavenly creatures (Seraphim), actually mean a kind of winged reptile and not a "Chrstmas card angel"?

If Yahweh were really the creator god, why does he ask for food, including firstborn children?

If Yahweh wre really the creator god, why did he hoard gold?

If yahweh were really the creator god, why dioes he do such terrible things in the Bible?

Why does the cannanite dragon god Yaw, and Yahweh both have the same enemy (Baal) and the same girlfriend (Asheroth) if they are not the same creature?

When almost every other ancient culture of this time had dragon gods, why wouldn’t the Hebrews too, especially when these is so much overwhelming evidence that they did?

Read the Old Testament again, and this time picture Yahweh as a dragon, and everyone will make much more sense.