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Category: Folk-Lore

  • GARGOYLES AND GARGOUILLE (DRAGON)

    GARGOYLES AND GARGOUILLE (DRAGON) Halloween festivities have just ended, during which time we had been mercilessly bombarded with all that was dark, ominous and scary. This was the time when ugly was beautiful and fear mongering was the norm. My thoughts during this period had naturally turned to a varied, yet common motif donning, mainly…

  • THE FIERY DRAGON-THE HEART OF STONE AND THE HEART OF GOLD (REVISED BY BOST)

    THE FIERY DRAGON-THE HEART OF STONE AND THE HEART OF GOLD (REVISED BY BOST) (The Book of Dragons -1901- by E. Nesbit) The adorable little Princess residing (since baby) in a high tower, always woke in her little white bed at crack of dawn when the starlings began to chatter in the pearl-gray morning. As…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • DRAGON TAMING LOHAN

    DRAGON TAMING LOHAN Many cultures viewed the Dragon as a benevolent being, especially in the East where they held the belief that mighty Dragons once ruled the rivers, lakes, seas and skies. Dragons were well respected and even worshipped, especially in the agrarian settlements, for the welfare of men depended on the kindness of these…

  • 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…