Identify the author's purpose for writing this paragraph. Refer to at least two parts of the paragraph to support your answer.
Eric Raussen, author of Draugar's Tale, has spent the last 32 years of his life studying myths that are common to cultures around the world. He writes and teaches about how cultural exchange leads to the spread of ideas, including ideas that are mostly imaginary in origin. In his recent book about dragons, he traces the origin of dragon stories to Old Norse tales told to children. He summarizes many of the stories and makes connections to literature today featuring..

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Identify the author's purpose for writing this paragraph. Refer to at least two parts of the paragraph to support your answer. 
Eric Raussen, author of Draugar's Tale, has spent the last 32 years of his life studying myths that are common to cultures around the world. He writes and teaches about how cultural exchange leads to the spread of ideas, including ideas that are mostly imaginary in origin. In his recent book about dragons, he traces the origin of dragon stories to Old Norse tales told to children. He summarizes many of the stories and makes connections to literature today featuring..

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dragons. "What is most fascinating," Raussen explains, "is the enduring nature of some of these myths. Though the characteristics of dragons in the literature vary, the fact that dragons themselves have endured over a thousand years of cultural evolution is just astonishing."