DragonsDescribes what man has thought about dragons since earliest times and includes tales illustrating these beliefs. |
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... birds , like the liquid songs of flutes or the chiming of bells . In the pearly light , the courtiers ' shapes seemed to dissolve and form again and again , as if the very , atoms of creation were dancing . Where men and women had stood ...
... birds , like the liquid songs of flutes or the chiming of bells . In the pearly light , the courtiers ' shapes seemed to dissolve and form again and again , as if the very , atoms of creation were dancing . Where men and women had stood ...
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... birds , learning from the austringers - the master falconers - the art of hawking . In the fields they practiced hunting , first with humble spar hawks , and later with great tercel gos- hawks , and if their rank was high enough- with ...
... birds , learning from the austringers - the master falconers - the art of hawking . In the fields they practiced hunting , first with humble spar hawks , and later with great tercel gos- hawks , and if their rank was high enough- with ...
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... Birds nested in the hearth . " That is my father's hall , " said Regin somberly . " In the hill behind is the cave where Fafnir lairs , guarding the elf gold . " And indeed , a scarred and blackened track led down the hill to a pool ...
... Birds nested in the hearth . " That is my father's hall , " said Regin somberly . " In the hill behind is the cave where Fafnir lairs , guarding the elf gold . " And indeed , a scarred and blackened track led down the hill to a pool ...
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