Dragon

The dragon is the greatest of all the serpents on earth, it is larger than all the other serpents and animals. The dragon has a crest, a small mouth and narrow nostrils; its strength is in its tail not its teeth, its lashing tail causes more harm by blows, and it kills anything caught in its coils . The dragon is the enemy of the elephant, and hides near paths where elephants walk, entangling their feet and suffocating them. When the dragon is tempted from its cave and into the air, it stirs up the air and makes it glow. Dragons are found in India and Ethiopia. The word "dragon" is derived from the Latin "draconum", which means"huge serpent".

The devil is like a dragon because he is the worst of all serpents.  The dragons crest reminds us that the devil is the king of pride, and just as the dragon leaves his cave, rising into the air making it glow, so the devil rises from the abyss and makes himself appear as an angel of light to deceive the foolish with the hope of worldly pleasures. The devil, deprived of his strength, deceives with lies, and just as a dragon lies in wait for the elephant, so the devil attacks people, lying in wait on their path to heaven, wrapping them in his coils and suffocating them with sin.