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[–] 105 points 6 days ago (12 children)

I agree, it seems most folk don't like to talk about the difference between a dragon and a wyvern

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  • [–] 52 points 5 days ago (9 children)

    Complicated topic, but according to the nerdy Eurocentric definition:

    Dragon = 4 limbs + 2 wings (6 total)

    Wyvern = 2 legs + 2 wings (4 total)

    Wyrm = 0 limbs/wings (Still very large, like the Tremors creatures or Sand Worms)

    Technically "dragons" could have anywhere from 0 to hundreds or thousands of limbs/wings, and may or may not have the ability to fly/breathe fire/speak/possess magic/etc. depending on location, culture, and point in time.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (2 children)

    I thought wyrms were 0 legs 2 wings?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago

    Not all dragons are wyverns, but all wyverns are dragons (depending on canonical setting, but this is true for historical myth)

    Done, conversation over, and too many ignorant nerds had this conversation in the Skyrim days while vomiting out the Monster Hunter definition like it speaks for anything but Monster Hunter.

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