[HPforGrownups] Live Dragons/Sleeping Dragons

[yael oren]

No: HPFGUIDX 10457

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Walton 


  I found out an interesting Fact today (yep, it was interesting enough to
  merit a Capital Letter!). I have a feeling that "Draco Dormiens Nunquam
  Titillandus" (Never tickle sleeping dragons) is a direct prod at The Hobbit:
  in Chapter 12, there's a quote:

  "Never laugh at live dragons".

  Could (a) someone translate that into Latin and (b) someone with a Hobbit to
  hand (doesn't THAT sound dodgy?) provide a bit of context? A couple of
  quoted paragraphs would be fantastic.

  Cheers,

  --John

I always though that came from the Chinese saying "Never wake a sleeping dragon" (or something very similar) There's an almost identical saying in Hebrew.

yael


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