
mythical creatures - How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and …
Wyrm is an old English world which altered later into worm. Thomas Eliot's dictionary (1542) only know draco, onis, a dragon. Samuel Johnson's dictionary (1755) give us this sense for worm : 1- A small harmless serpent that lives in the earth, 2- A poisonous serpent.
How did dragons get their wings? - Mythology & Folklore Stack …
2017年7月23日 · In ancient Germanic lore at least, they were called "worm", "orm", "wyrm" and later "lindworm". Now worms or snakes don't normally have legs or even wings. But up through the ages, these were added to their characteristics. The epic poem of Beowulf was the first to describe a dragon/wyrm as having a fiery breath and bat-wings.
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Is there a common theme of dragon meat being toxic?
2017年12月13日 · I have noticed a few stories that talk about dragons having toxic blood or meat. Their offshoots(?), wyverns, have a particular association with poison. Despite this, there is a lot of culture rel...
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2020年9月7日 · The Red Dragon of Wales I’ve understood is synonymous to the Gower pinnacular, (known as ‘worms head’) here it as if the Dragon literally is the landscape -peel back the skin, the soil is oxidised red by years of volcanic activity, could well explain why the Welsh Dragon is Red. the most important myth in the Rig Veda, the myth of Indra, narrates the battle …
What do we know about Dreg the dragon proper?
In Albanian Mythology, Dreg is mentioned to be the dragon proper. But, I can't find anything else about him. Save for the fact that Christianity demonized him and turned his name into one of the Al
Why is the Indian Dragon at war with the Elephant?
2020年6月18日 · Aelian records the following tale of an elephant fighting a dragon: In India, I am told, the Elephant and the Drakon (Dragon-Serpent) are the bitterest enemies. Now Elephants draw down the branche...
norse - Did Loki give birth to a monster? - Mythology & Folklore …
Loki ate some of the heart, the thought-stone of a woman,roasted on a linden-woodfire, he found it half-cooked;Lopt was impregnated by a wicked woman,from whom every ogress on earth is descended. ...
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Are there any four-armed deities or creatures in the Greek or …
2018年1月11日 · The Actiorione, Siamese twins and sons of Poseidon. They had four arms, four legs and two heads. Hesiod's Catalogues of Women mentions them: