John describes a dragon that appears in his vision.
# dragon
This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
# His tail swept away a third of the stars
"With his tail he swept away a third of the stars"
# a third
"one third." See how you translated this in [Revelation 8:7](../08/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])