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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 9404359" data-attributes="member: 6701124"><p>Going through the rest of the dragons in <em>Funk & Wagnalls</em> <em>Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend</em> by M. Leach and J. Fried (1972). Most aren't in the index or dragon entry as dragons.</p><p></p><p>Named dragons:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372672[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372674[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372675[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/1720882994773-png.372676/?hash=db31549ac899c8c94ca12932802ede34" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372677[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372678[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ching Yang - the dragon king (mentioned in the back)</p><p>Fafnir shapechanged into a dragon.</p><p></p><p>Gandarewa - "a monster of the deep" and "a dragon eager to destroy the good in the world".</p><p></p><p>Humbaba - dragon defeated by Gilgamesh (in general section on folklore and myth in the back)</p><p>Kur - the dragon-serpent, precursor of Tiamat and Leviathan. The cosmic dragon who had held the primeval waters.</p><p></p><p>Illuyankas - mentioned multiple times in the general section on folklore and myths in the back.</p><p></p><p>Ladon - dragon who never slept and guarded the apples of the Hesperiedes, was slain by Hercules</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372679[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Midgard Serpent is mentioned as sometimes interpreted as a dragon.</p><p></p><p>Python of Delphi</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372687[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Tsing Lung (under the entry for the constellation scropio) was "the beneficient Azure Dragon of a former Chinese Zodiac"</p><p></p><p>Tugarin - mentioned under Aljosa Popovic. Doesn't say anything.</p><p></p><p>Yammu - the dragon in the underworld who was enemy of Baal (in general section on folklore and myth in the back)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Types of dragons:</p><p></p><p>Aitvaras - a Lithuanian house spirit "in the shape of a dragon". (Possibly unique)</p><p></p><p>Ajatar or Ajattara - "The dragon; an evil female spirit of the woods who suckles snakes and produces diseases; the Devil of the Woods of Finnish folklore. In southern Estonia [...] the mother or daughter of the devil." (Possibly unique)</p><p></p><p>Estonian demons of fortune can appear in the shape of a dragon (called a tulihand or pisuhand).</p><p></p><p>Firedrake in Germanic and Celtic lore, like Beowulf killed.</p><p>Under Dragon cult:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]372686[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 9404359, member: 6701124"] Going through the rest of the dragons in [I]Funk & Wagnalls[/I] [I]Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend[/I] by M. Leach and J. Fried (1972). Most aren't in the index or dragon entry as dragons. Named dragons: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720881957727.png"]372672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720882866950.png"]372674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720882965783.png"]372675[/ATTACH] [IMG]https://www.enworld.org/attachments/1720882994773-png.372676/?hash=db31549ac899c8c94ca12932802ede34[/IMG] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720883084505.png"]372677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720883200342.png"]372678[/ATTACH] Ching Yang - the dragon king (mentioned in the back) Fafnir shapechanged into a dragon. Gandarewa - "a monster of the deep" and "a dragon eager to destroy the good in the world". Humbaba - dragon defeated by Gilgamesh (in general section on folklore and myth in the back) Kur - the dragon-serpent, precursor of Tiamat and Leviathan. The cosmic dragon who had held the primeval waters. Illuyankas - mentioned multiple times in the general section on folklore and myths in the back. Ladon - dragon who never slept and guarded the apples of the Hesperiedes, was slain by Hercules [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720883277297.png"]372679[/ATTACH] Midgard Serpent is mentioned as sometimes interpreted as a dragon. Python of Delphi [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720884341834.png"]372687[/ATTACH] Tsing Lung (under the entry for the constellation scropio) was "the beneficient Azure Dragon of a former Chinese Zodiac" Tugarin - mentioned under Aljosa Popovic. Doesn't say anything. Yammu - the dragon in the underworld who was enemy of Baal (in general section on folklore and myth in the back) Types of dragons: Aitvaras - a Lithuanian house spirit "in the shape of a dragon". (Possibly unique) Ajatar or Ajattara - "The dragon; an evil female spirit of the woods who suckles snakes and produces diseases; the Devil of the Woods of Finnish folklore. In southern Estonia [...] the mother or daughter of the devil." (Possibly unique) Estonian demons of fortune can appear in the shape of a dragon (called a tulihand or pisuhand). Firedrake in Germanic and Celtic lore, like Beowulf killed. Under Dragon cult: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1720883547054.png"]372686[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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