It's coming across as if all these dragons in Skyrim embody angry wise old men but quite frequently in (realworld) folktale, myth and literature, dragons and other creatures are female (Scylla, Tiamat, Nessie, the Chimera, Harpies, the Sphinx, the Striga, etc.).

Even in tigers and other large animals it is the females who are the mostly deadly and most wild, females who will protect their young to the death. Female spiders will kill their male counterparts, and Shelob made for one brilliant female monster. This is quite a minor detail, I know, but there'd be something much more dark and potent about a spiky female dragoness than an old fart dragon. Apologies if there's a gaping hole in my knowledge of TES lore which would make this thread redundant but after seeing threads on how "TES is becoming like COD", I thought I'd throw something a bit fresh out there. Discuss.

It's coming across as if all these dragons in Skyrim embody angry wise old men but quite frequently in (realworld) folktale, myth and literature, dragons and other creatures are female (Scylla, Tiamat, Nessie, the Chimera, Harpies, the Sphinx, the Striga, etc.).

Even in tigers and other large animals it is the females who are the mostly deadly and most wild, females who will protect their young to the death. Female spiders will kill their male counterparts, and Shelob made for one brilliant female monster. This is quite a minor detail, I know, but there'd be something much more dark and potent

It's coming across as if all these dragons in Skyrim embody angry wise old men but quite frequently in (realworld) folktale, myth and literature, dragons and other creatures are female (Scylla, Tiamat, Nessie, the Chimera, Harpies, the Sphinx, the Striga, etc.).

Even in tigers and other large animals it is the females who are the mostly deadly and most wild, females who will protect their young to the death.

Say that to a male polar bear, ox or ram full of testosteron XD.