Would There Be Any Interest In This?

[Tonguez]

For the Australian/Oceanian dragon, my vote goes to the Rainbow/Dream Serpent from aborigini myth.

Later,[/color]

While I think doing the Rainbow Serpent is a great idea

Australia and Oceania are NOT the same place!
Australia is a continent on its own, Oceania a continent of islands

SO for the Oceanic Dragon I'd suggest
Mo'o-inanea

Mo-o-inanea (The Self-reliant Dragon) brought the dragons, the kupua dragons, from the "Hidden Land of Kane" to the Hawaiian Islands. Mo-o-inanea was apparently a demi-goddess of higher power even than the gods Ku, Kane, or Kanaloa. She was the great dragon-goddess of the Hawaiians, coming to the islands in the migration of the gods from Nuu-mea-lani and Kuai-he-lani to settle. The dragons and other kupuas came as spirit servants of the gods.

*Mo'o means Retile but refers both to small lizards and fantastic creatures (aka Tanifa)"

Africa - you have the Hiro (more destructive than an Elephant and the size of a large hill), or the Mokele Mbembe (although its apparently suppose to be a dinosaur)

and does anyone the Tarrasque remind anyone else of an Ankylosaur?

 

[Krishnath]

While I think doing the Rainbow Serpent is a great idea

Australia and Oceania are NOT the same place!
Australia is a continent on its own, Oceania a continent of islands

See, I didn't know that, as they are usually referred to as one area.

The tarrasque does remind me of an anklysaur, now that you mentione it. Appart from it's two horns, but I think Fafnir or Nidhogg are better choices to represent Europe.

For the two african dragons, do you have any descriptions of what they look like? Othervise we will probably have to go with Apopsis/Apep.

Later,

 

[Arken]

Since there are so many european dragons maybe there could be room for more than one...

Everything is of course up to demiurge though.

 

[Gez]

Little note:

Tarasque is the mythical creature.
Tarrasque is the D&D creature.

See the difference? One 'R' is all you need to sow confusion.

Mythical tarasque would hardly be a match to D&D tarrasque. Although probably a very dangerous foe (lots of damage dealing, from claws, spiked shell, tail, bite, and toxic breath), the Tarasque had none of the Tarrasque's immunity, and was slain by villagers hurling stones and spears. Not even magical ones.

The Tarasque was tamed by Martha who converted her (the Tarasque is a she) to Christianism. The monster then repented for her crime, and hadn't defended herself when the villagers, seeing the beast enter their town -- even if at the end of a leash -- attacked her and killed her.

 

[Tonguez]

Little note:

Tarasque is the mythical creature.
Tarrasque is the D&D creature.

See the difference? One 'R' is all you need to sow confusion.

Mythical tarasque would hardly be a match to D&D tarrasque. Although probably a very dangerous foe (lots of damage dealing, from claws, spiked shell, tail, bite, and toxic breath), the Tarasque had none of the Tarrasque's immunity, and was slain by villagers hurling stones and spears. Not even magical ones.

The Tarasque was tamed by Martha who converted her (the Tarasque is a she) to Christianism. The monster then repented for her crime, and hadn't defended herself when the villagers, seeing the beast enter their town -- even if at the end of a leash -- attacked her and killed her.

Nah the stones and spears were magical. Since the Tarasque was now a christian the Devil cast magic stone and magic weapon on the villagers gear (its only a Lvl 1 spell but we are talking about the Devil Big Juju)

 

[demiurge1138]

Nah the stones and spears were magical. Since the Tarasque was now a christian the Devil cast magic stone and magic weapon on the villagers gear (its only a Lvl 1 spell but we are talking about the Devil Big Juju)

My take on it...
The tarasque can be rebuked and commanded by a good cleric, like an evil cleric rebukes and commands undead. Once commanded, it loses its special qualities, including damage reduction...
After all, it was pretty impervious to weapons before it got converted.

Demiurge out.

 

[Krishnath]

Dammit, I am not allowing this thread to turn into another Tarrasque thread, dragons are too cool for that kind of feces.

Anyways, back to the dragons.

What would be good litterary examples of iconic dragons?

My suggestion would be the above mentioned Glaurung, because he's friggin' cool.

Any others?

 

[Gez]

As I said, the Tarasque is a dragon (and wasn't impervious to weapons before, it's just that she tore to shreads those who attacked her). The Gargouille too (another aquatic dragon, living in the Seine in Paris rather than in the Rhone near Tarascon).

Litterary dragons:
Tolkien's most famous ones are Smaug, Glaurung and Ancalagon. But here are other dragon suggestions:
Falcor, from the Neverending Story, written by Michael Ende.
Canth, Mnementh, Ramoth, and other -th named dragons from Anne McCaffrey's Pern books.
Kalessin, from Ursula Leguin's Earthsea books.

 

[Tonguez]

The Dragon from Disneys Sleeping Beauty (a Figment?)
Pete's Dragon
Puff the Magic Dragon
The Dragon from Shrek
The Dragon from Rapunzel 'Barbie'

 

[Gez]

The Dragon from Disneys Sleeping Beauty (a Figment?)
Pete's Dragon
Puff the Magic Dragon
The Dragon from Shrek

What about Custard, the cowardly dragon from Ogden Nash's poems?

The Dragon from Rapunzel 'Barbie'

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In einem Turm voll düsterer Pein
Sie träumte von der fernen Welt
Voll Liebe, Schönheit, Ruhm und Geld

Von ihrem Turm sah sie von fern
Den Reiter kommen sie zu freien
Doch was sie nicht sah sein Gesicht
War knochenbleich und widerlich


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HINUNTER IN DAS ERDENGRAB
LASS UNS ERKLIMMEN DEINEN TURM
DANN BIST AUCH DU VERLOREN

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Nimmt so das Schicksal seinen Lauf
Das schöne Kind so jung und rein
Wird bald nicht mehr dasselbe sein
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Bin hier zu brechen deine Glieder
Bin hier zu schänden deinen Leib
Das ist mein schönster Zeitvertreib

RAPUNZEL....

Geruch von faulem totem Fleisch
Steigt nun herauf vom Weltenreich
das Fräulein schließt die Augen zu
Stürzt sich herab zur letzten Ruh

RAPUNZEL....