Despite it all, there is a chain of events which are mentioned in a wide variety of areas. There are examples of this shift with artwork featuring Apollo versus Typhon, sometimes labelled Python, on vases, statues, and even artwork in the centuries long after the Romans fell.ĭelphyne is consistently marked as the ‘Mother of Dragons’ in several places, but unlike Typhon, she is not found in pottery or artwork. In later artwork, the human half was replaced with a more dragon-like creature and look with fangs, wings, and an animalistic head. Much of the ancient context and uses for this root word is overlaid with references to dolphins and their current Latin genus name of ‘delphinidae’, making research a disaster at best.īoth Delphyne and her lover, Typhon, were described as human on the top half of their bodies, with the bottom half of a dragon or serpent.ĭelphyne has also been labeled as ‘drakaina’, a feminine form of ‘drakon’, which later gave birth to the modern term of ‘dragon.’ Even the alternate version, Delphine, dates to the 14 th century, and means a ‘woman from Delphi,’ but sources older than this point become mangled or disappear altogether. ‘Delphyne’ and ‘Delphinus’ were words developed during the late roman language timeframe, but the root word ‘delphys’ (meaning ‘womb’) was created in Ancient Greek. What follows is a combination of resources from all over, and my own speculations on her story… There is a tragic romance about the original mother of dragons, much like our beloved Khaleesi, but her story faded from modern listings of Greek Mythology. The Real Mother of Dragons: Delphyne’s StoryĪt some point in her tale, Delphyne fell in love with the King of Monsters, and later gave birth to all monsters and dragons of the world. Her story crosses the path of more familiar entities such as Zeus, Apollo, and even the Oracles. Daenerys Targaryen and Delphyne look very different from one another, with Delphyne described as a massive half woman, half dragon entity. The real owner to this title is Delphyne, though there are inspirations taken from this figure from Greek Mythology. When the title ‘Mother of Dragons’ is whispered among GOT fans, they are talking about Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen. Game of Thrones has renewed our love for dragons.
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