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Modern fan illustration by David Demaret of the dragon Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 high fantasy novel The Hobbit. This is a list of dragons in popular culture.Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
A cartoon griffin named Rooty appears on bottles of Sprecher Root Beer. Vauxhall Motors of Luton, England, uses the griffin as its trademark. The 367th Training Support Squadron unit patch is a Griffin holding a Globe and Torch. Merv Griffin Entertainment used a griffin as its mascot & logo in its heyday.
Red Dragon is a psychological horror novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The story follows former FBI profiler Will Graham , who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial killer nicknamed "the Tooth Fairy".
The Grand Grimoire, also known as Le Dragon Rouge or The Red Dragon, is a black magic [1] goetic grimoire. Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421. Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421.
Francis Dolarhyde is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Thomas Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon, [1] as well as its film adaptations, Manhunter (1986), Red Dragon (2002) and the third season of Hannibal (2013-15)
The red dragon (Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch) is an ancient Welsh symbol, and a badge used by Owen Tudor. His grandson, Henry VII , claimed descent from Cadwaladr , the last of the line of Maelgwn whose association with the dragon came after Henry's reign. [ 17 ]
Longma – A winged horse with the scales of a dragon. Manticore - A creature with the face of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion. Some versions also depict it with the wings of a dragon. Opinicus - A griffin variant with the head and wings of an eagle, the body and legs of a lion, and the neck and tail of a dromedary.
Cadwaladr's name is invoked in a number of literary works such as in the Armes Prydein, an early 10th-century prophetic poem from the Book of Taliesin.While the poem's "Cadwaladr" is an emblematic figure, scholars have taken the view that the Cadwaladr of Armes Prydein refers to the historical son of Cadwallon and that already at this stage he "played a messianic role" of some sort, but "its ...