Dragons: A Natural HistoryAn examination of the mythology, natural history, symbolism and signficance of dragons worldwide, which includes sections devoted to the five types of dragon: the serpent dragons; the semi-dragons; classical dragons; sky dragons; and neo-dragons. |
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... mighty dinosaurs before them- once ruled the world but have since fallen on hard times . This they deserve , if only to allow us to cele- brate the imagination of the many early artists who so lovingly portrayed them over the centuries ...
... mighty dinosaurs before them- once ruled the world but have since fallen on hard times . This they deserve , if only to allow us to cele- brate the imagination of the many early artists who so lovingly portrayed them over the centuries ...
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... mighty Thor , Utgardhaloki chal- lenged him to a trio of physical trials . These feats were , in fact , impossible for anyone to accomplish god or giant but the king was skilled in the magic and art of illusion and had cloaked their ...
... mighty Thor , Utgardhaloki chal- lenged him to a trio of physical trials . These feats were , in fact , impossible for anyone to accomplish god or giant but the king was skilled in the magic and art of illusion and had cloaked their ...
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... mighty and magnificent serpent dragon Leviathan to serve as the ruler of this vast marine kingdom . The boundless coils of its immensely long body were encased in an impervious sheathing of over- lapping scales and it threshed through ...
... mighty and magnificent serpent dragon Leviathan to serve as the ruler of this vast marine kingdom . The boundless coils of its immensely long body were encased in an impervious sheathing of over- lapping scales and it threshed through ...
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amphiptere animal appearance aquatic serpent dragons attack basilisk battle beast Behemoth body bunyip Carthaginian serpent giant century Chinese dragon classical dragons claws cockatrice coils colossal creature deadly depicted devoured dinosaur dragon bird dragonet dragons and serpent eyes Fafnir fear feathered feet fire flames flesh flying gargouille gaze guivre head Heracles hideous huge hydra immense inspired by sightings jaws Jormungander killed king Kitchi-at'husis known Komodo Lambton worm land legends Leviathan limbs lindorm living Long-necks maiden Marduk medieval Midgard Serpent mighty mokele-mbembe monster monstrous Mordiford Mount Pilatus mysterious neck neo-dragon Nerluc ocean once pair peluda Perseus piasa plumed Polydectes pyrallis queen Quetzalcoatl Regin Regulus reptilian resembled river salamander sauropods scales scaly sea lizard serpent whales serpentine Siegfried sirrush skin slaying snakelike soothsayer species suddenly Susa-no-wo swiftly sword tail tarasque tatzelworm terrible Tezcatlipoca Thor Tiamat transformed tribe Utgardhaloki villagers weewilmekq Winckelriedt winged serpents winged snakes wyvern