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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…
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THE ISLAND OF THE NINE WHIRLPOOLS
THE ISLAND OF THE NINE WHIRLPOOLS (The Book of Dragons -1901- by E. Nesbit) The dark arch that led to the witch’s cave was hung with a black-and-yellow fringe of live snakes. As the Queen went in, keeping carefully in the middle of the arch, all the snakes lifted their wicked, flat heads and stared…
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LAST OF THE DRAGONS
LAST OF THE DRAGONS (Public Domain Story) Of course you know that dragons were once as common as motor-omnibuses are now, and almost as dangerous. But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess…
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THE DRAGON OF LOSHY HILL
THE DRAGON OF LOSHY HILL (A folklore retold by BoSt) The Dragon of Loshy Hill or Nunnington dragon is a legendary beast from the folklore of Yorkshire, England. This dragon had a terrible temper and a voracious(rapacious) appetite for meat; resultantly, wherever he went, he waylaid death and devastation in his path. Unfortunately, non of…
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KNUCKERS IN FLOLKLORE
KNUCKERS IN FLOLKLORE The most famous Knucker lived, according to legend, at Lyminster. The Knucker apparently caused a lot of suffering (woe), consuming large amounts of local livestock and even villagers, and so it was decided to slay the monster dragon. A number of different legends recount how this was done. One version has the…
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DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY DRAGONS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY The very first mention of a “dragon” in Ancient Greece is derived from the classic Iliad where Agamemnon is described as having a blue dragon motif on his sword belt and a three-headed dragon emblem on his breast plate. Keep in mind however, that the Greek word…
