Dragons

Dragons are a very rare race of supernatural creatures that have not been hunted or even seen for over 700 years. In fact, they are so rare that most veteran Hunters (like Bobby) dismiss their existence as purely fictional. Only a select few know otherwise, and even then, even they believe Dragons were extinct. They are similar to the traditional dragons in lore, but, whilst in confined spaces, they appear more like humanoid creatures than shown in traditional art. There are descriptions of them appearing as giant bat-like creatures when in their true forms.

The Dragons motives were to open Purgatory to free Eve, Mother of All. To do this they abducted young female virgins so they could sacrifice one of them to become the vessel for Eve.

Characteristics
Dragons are attracted to gold and they traditionally live in caves, but they make homes or hideouts in sewers when there are no caves to hide in. In addition, it seems that dragons also are attracted to female human virgins.

Physical Appearance
Dragons can take human form and can disguise themselves as a human. In their true form, dragons have large wings that they use to fly, they can hide their wings when disguised as human, when flying there wings make, a great leathery fluttering sound. Dragons also have large talons and snake-like eyes.

In there true form dragons are quite large, one victim who saw it described them as "huge", the distance between the claws on one of there feet was shown, by the victims wound, to be about two to three inches, thus implying it as giagantic. Its wingspan is enough to cause reasonably strong winds by flapping them.

Powers and Abilities
Dragons are very powerful monsters, and have a number of abilities that make them a difficult creature to kill.
 * Enhanced Strength - They possess enhanced strength. Dragons can easily overpower humans through sheer physical force.
 * Shapeshifting - They can take a complete human form by shapeshifting.
 * Heat Generation (named "Dragon Claw") - They can also generate intense heat from their hands. These temperatures are hot enough to melt metal like iron, or even incinerate humans with their touch. This ability is called the "Dragon Claw".
 * Flight - Dragons have bat-like wings which they use to fly and capture prey
 * Invulnerability - Dragons can only be hurt by a sword forged in their own blood.

Vulnerabilities
The only way to kill a dragon is with a sword forged with the blood of a dragon. Although there are only 5 or 6 of these special swords in existence as stated by Dr. Visyak.

It can be assumed that the Colt can be used to kill them, as it will kill almost any creature in existence.

There are other, unknown methods to harm them, otherwise it would be impossible to get hold of their blood.

Season 6
Dragons are abducting young women (all virgins) and keeping them captive in a sewer. Dean obtains the Sword of Bruncvik, and he and Sam track down the dragon's lair, finding first a pile of gold and then an ancient manuscript. They then hear cries for help and they follow the voices until they find the missing women, who are being kept together in a cage. Before they can free them, two dragons appear. In the ensuing fight, Sam is able to kill one with the sword, but the other escapes. He meets up with another dragon who has also captured a half dozen virgin women. They take one and use an incantation to open a door to Purgatory. They throw the woman in, and she rises from the fire, giving form to Mother. ''("Like A Virgin")

Appearances

 * Season 6
 * Like A Virgin

Lore
Dragons are mythical creatures that usually take the form of a winged reptilian creature, often with the ability to breath fire. They appear in a variety of forms in cultures around the world. The Dragon featured in Supernatural relates to European traditions, where the typical dragon protects a cavern or castle filled with gold and treasure. Tales often feature a great hero who tries to slay the dragon and often rescue a princess or maiden the dragon has captured (or who has been offered to the dragon as a sacrifice).

Some interpretations of these myths read them as symbolizing the battle of patriarchal religions to defeat the old Mother Goddess religions (represented by the dragon), with women reduced to powerless women that need to be rescued

In the New Testament, the Devil takes the form of a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, in his battle against Archangel Michael.

Trivia

 * They appeared, in the series, as monsters of the week in Season 6 episode Like a Virgin.