Dragonfire: A Seeker theory.

Although its obvious that dragons existed in some form or another, its never been clear to me what the ancients meant by their "firebreathing" capacity. Well, using nothing but my own intuition, I believe I've cracked the case.

Many cultures have used poetic turns of phrase which in turn have lead to mistranslation as literal action. For example, the Norse often talk about visiting someone to "feed the ravens." This just means somebody will die, and the carrion will accordingly be fed.

What if "breathing fire" was also a poetic turn of phrase used to describe their roar & bite? Perhaps dragons had a type of "hot" roar, and/or a infectious bite that led to skin appearing burnt. Visually the ancients represented this w/ what's essentially a hot speechbubble

Dragonfire is a poetic representation of their roar and infectious bite, you're all welcome, I've now officially solved the dragonfire question. I'm ending this thread with are some derpy looking medieval dragons for you to join me in snickering at.