Tales of dragons span cultures and centuries. Almost every religion has stories involving dragons. There is a widespread belief that earlier cartographers used the Latin phrase: “hic sunt dracones” i.e., “the dragons are here, or “here be dragons,” to denote dangerous or unexplored territories on maps. The Navy used to give certificates out when crews would cross over the equator that is titled "Domain of the Golden Dragon." The back of this certificate starts with a paragraph that says: TO ALL MEN OF THE SEA WHEREVER YE MAY BE and to all Mermaids, Sea Serpents, Whales, Sharks, Porpoises, Skates, Eels, Crabs and other Living Thing of the Sea, Greetings:...
“Here be dragons” could also be used to denote the unexplored territories of our personal unconscious. When we really dig deep, down into our secret, hidden places, will our findings be dangerous? Exciting? Disastrous? Painful? Full of fire or full of illuminated light? And which do we choose—the dark or the light? The mythology of dragons plays out our choices.