Category: dragon stories
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THE DEATH OF FAFNIR THE DRAGON (REVISED 2025- PART 2)
THE DEATH OF FAFNIR THE DRAGON (REVISED 2025 – PART 2) Sibling rivalry exists among families of every race; there is nothing new there. What is interesting, however, is when it also manifests among the Gods and Immortals of ancient lore. It so happened that Regin the Dwarf was consumed with utter hatred for his…
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THE ORIGIN OF FAFNIR THE DRGON (REVISED 2025)
THE ORIGIN OF FAFNIR THE DRAGON (REVISED 2025) The story of Fafnir is the story of how craving after material wealth destroys those who indulge in it. In this story the Dragon, and the Dragon’s treasure, came to symbolize the power of Greed. Now the moral is out of the way, just sit back and…
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THE ORIGIN OF THE MIDGARD SERPENT (REVISED 2025)
THE ORIGIN OF THE MIDGARD SERPENT (REVISED 2025) In the Norse and Teutonic legends, as recounted in the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson, the most powerful and feared Dragon-like creature was the Midgard Serpent, known as Jörmungandr. Jörmungandr was so huge he was able to circle the entire Earth (or Midgard as it was called…
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LEGENDS OF RED AND WHITE DRAGONS AND MERLIN (REVISED 2025)
LEGENDS OF RED AND WHITE DRAGONS AND MERLIN (REVISED 2025) One could expect that the legends surrounding Merlin the Mage in Arthurian legend would contain tales of dragons, and so they do. Merlin’s dragons, in fact, appeared when the Romans first invaded Britain, well before Arthur took over the throne and long before Merlin was born.…
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THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS (PART 2)
THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS – PART 2 (ORIGINAL STORY BY BOST) Temuz’s feet was suddenly bolted to the ground and, with his arms fastened to either side of him like led weights, try as he might he could not move a single muscle, nor could he take a single step forward.…
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THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS
THE DRAGON LONGZE AND THE LOST DAUGHTER BERDIS (PART 1) (Original story By Bost 2025) Part 1 A long time ago a mighty hunter called Alec, and his family lived in a modest dwelling alongside the lake near the base of the lofty mountain called DROGA. His only daughter, named Berdis (meaning spirit protection), was…
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MONKEY AND THE TIGER ARE IN DISPUTE REGARDING GRASS’ HUE
MONKEY AND THE TIGER ARE IN DISPUTE REGARDING GRASS’ HUE (Revised by Bost) The Monkey sitting on the thick branch of an ancient tree, oblivious of the midday sun’s heat, told the Tiger resting in cool comfort of the shadows below, with sure tone: “The grass is blue.” The Tiger replied: “No, the grass is…
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THE DRAGON FROM THE NORTH
THE DRAGON FROM THE NORTH (A story by BoSt) Once upon a time a young dragon seeking adventure, strayed far from the mythical lands of the north where his kind lived; a place of high altitude, a windswept, barren (sterile) region, where the surface was covered most of the year with snow and ice. Flying…
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THE CENTIPEDE AND THE DRAGON PRINCESS
THE CENTIPEDE AND THE DRAGON PRINCESS (An Alternate Version of Rice-bag Toda (Tawara Toda) Once upon a time a warrior called Fujiwara no Hidesato was crossing the Seta Bridge at Lake Biwa. Suddenly a monstrous serpent appeared and lay across the roadway just ahead of him. The hero was not least bit perturbed and, shrugging…
