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The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex lines 163–201, [1] describing a shepherd battling a big constricting snake, calls it "serpens" and also "draco", showing that in his time the two words probably could mean the same thing.
The medieval dragon is depicted as an evil, hideous monster always associated with evil. In Latin, draco means both dragon and serpent; the dragon is linked to the serpent and in particular to the tempter of Genesis, who drove Adam and Eve to taste the forbidden fruit. [5] Medieval encyclopedias therefore classify it as a serpent. [6]
However, in Serbian and Bulgarian folklore, dragons are defenders of the crops in their home regions, fighting against a destructive demon Ala, whom they shoot with lightning. [9] [10] Zirnitra, dragon-god in Wendish mythology. It was later used in the Royal Danish heraldry as a representation of Wendland; Zmey Gorynych – The dragon of the ...
The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal, distinct to the early medieval culture of the Picts of Scotland. The great majority of surviving examples are on Pictish stones .
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire.
Níðhöggr is a dragon attested in the Eddas that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil and the corpses of Náströnd. [18] [30] The Gesta Danorum contains a description of a dragon killed by Frotho I. [31] The dragon is described as "the keeper of the mountain." After Frotho I kills the dragon, he takes its hoard of treasure. [31]
The city seal from the 13th century appears much as a plain dragon according to one 18th century writer on medieval coats of arms, [q] [62] though Faillon counters that this represents not a dragon guarding the city, but the tarasque. [59] This early type perhaps dates to as far back as the 11th century, seen on seals struck on méreau type tokens.
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