DRAGONS - What Are They? - A Brief Introduction to Dragons (Medieval Mythology & Folklore)
We all know what a dragon is. But why? And why do they breathe fire, anyway? This video will tell you.
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Bibliography:
Beowulf (version can be found here: http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-tex... )
Story of St George (version can be found here: http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text... )
David Jones: An Instinct for Dragons (book, can be found on Amazon)
Joyce Lionarons: The Medieval Dragon: Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature (book, can be found on Amazon)
Adrienne Mayor: The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times (book, can be found on Amazon)
Calvert Watkins: How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics (book, can be found on Amazon)
Peregrine Horden: Disease, dragons and saints: the management of epidemics in the Dark Ages (article, mostly inspiration)