The creature carved in turquoise may represent a Western dragon, which as opposed to the Eastern dragon was unwelcoming. Western dragons usually have huge hoards of gold and jewels hidden in their lairs. They are known to live more than 300 years, some are even immortal. They are usually portrayed as evil, mean, and bloodthirsty which is a consequence of the demonization exerced by the Church. The end of the dragon came with Christianity as the Church declares them as enemies and send hords of knights to struggle against them. As a result, most dragons have been destroyed (and even more knights have been burned). Eating a dragon's heart will give the power of understanding the language of animals, eating the dragon's tongue enables to win any argument, and rubbing the dragons' blood on skin will protect against stabs.