I wish I had a dragon like in Game of Thrones.
Yeah, that would be cool. Dragons are legendary creatures, typically scaled or fire-spewing and with serpentine.
What's interesting is the difference between Western and East Asian dragons. Chinese dragons are like guardian angels.
Thats interesting, it appears dragons have always been part of cultural traditions just like you mentioned. 
I wonder how it came to be that Western folk lore dragons are evil, but the Chinese dragons are nice.
Probably because in Western cultures dragons were considered water snakes and snakes were bad in the bible. 
Oh that's a good point. I think snakes have it bad. Poor creatures never had a chance to be liked by the masses since they were bad-mouthed in the bible.
Serpent (symbolism)
The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin "serpens", a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to mankind and represent dual expression of good and evil.
In some cultures, snakes were fertility symbols. For example, the Hopi people of North America performed an annual snake dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (
Dragon
A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world. Beliefs about dragons vary drastically by region, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence.
The earliest attested dragons resemble giant snakes. Dragon-like creatures are first described