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A fabulous animal, usually represented as a huge fire breathing winged serpent, reptile or saurian, often red or green in color, having a crested head — sometimes several heads — that spews fire and vapors, with scaly skin, enormous claws, and a large tail, not unlike some dinosaurs.


The dragon was believed to possess enormous strength, but the ancients thought that it could be charmed by music, and the beast that guarded the Golden Fleece of Greek legend was soothed by the voice of Medea. In India, at the time of Alexander the Great, a dragon was worshiped as a god, while in occult history it is considered the manifestation of Hell.

   
             

     
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Winged dragons made their first Western appearances in the works of ancient Greece and in the Bible, but it was medieval Europe whose imagination was most captured by the stubby-legged, fire-breathing monsters, whose apparent chief duty was to provide the hero with opportunities of valor.


As legend had it, any of those terrifying creatures, often having formidable horns, horrible fangs, and pestilential breath, might hold a town hostage and devour young virgins until it was killed — most likely being beheaded or impaled — by a virtuous knight, usually armed with a magical sword. The most famous hero to rescue a town and maiden was Saint George, whose victory was seen as an allegory for Christianity's triumph over the powers of darkness.

   
           

    
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Other Catholic Saints are also depicted in the act of killing a dragon: for instance, in Italy,
Saint Mercurialis, a zealous opponent of paganism and arianism and the first bishop of the city of Forlì, is often shown saving the city by slaying a dragon. Sir Lancelot, one of the knights of King Arthur’s Round Table, was also assumed to have slain an enormous fire-breathing dragon.

   
           

   
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Malevolent dragons were always prominent figures in Christian myth and iconography. In the Hebrew Bible (the
Christian Old Testament) the word tannin, commonly rendered ‘dragon’ in older English translations, generally refers to a variety of animals such as crocodiles, jackals, and serpents, but occasionally to the dragon (Ezekiel 29:3; 32:3). In Revelation 12:3, an enormous red dragon with seven heads is described, whose tail sweeps one third of the stars from heaven down to earth (held to be symbolic of the fall of the angels). In Revelation 12:9, Satan is identified as this 'great dragon', who was overcome by the archangel Michael and cast down to earth along with his angels.

   
             

     
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In the European Middle Ages the dragon became a symbol of great strength. In the 15th century, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire founded the Order of the Dragon to unite Christian rulers against the incursions of the Turkish Muslims into the Balkans. During the time of Henry VII (1457–1509), a coin was given to those who were cured of possession with one side featuring an angel standing with both feet on a dragon. The idea of the dragon is perhaps evolved from the concept of the earth as a living being, a notion that gained currency from earthquakes and related phenomena.


Dragons also loomed large in Chinese folklore, where they were relatively benign. In fact many oriental cultures dragons were, and still are by some, revered as representative of the primal forces of nature and the universe. But in the West they were always evil; the real-life model for the fictional vampire Dracula, the prince Vlad Tepes, was nicknamed Dracula after the Romanian word for dragon and devil. Even in death, a dragon reportedly had extraordinary powers. A drop of its blood could kill instantly, and its teeth, planted in the earth, sprang up overnight as armed men.


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-- Dream Interpreter CD-ROM: Spiritual, Psychological and Traditional Interpretations of Dreams.

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Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern CD-ROM.

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Dragon's Lair 3D CD-ROM.

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Dungeons & Dragons Online: StormReach.

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Full-Color Angels CD-ROM.

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Greek Mythology CD-ROM.

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I of the Dragon CD-ROM.

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Monsters of Greek Mythology: A Video Introduction to Greek Mythology.

-- The Alchemist CD-ROM.

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The Myth and Legend of Osiris CD-ROM.

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The Totally New Complete Edgar Cayce Readings CD-Rom.

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The URANTIA Book CD-ROM: The History of Earth.

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Wild Africa 4 CD-ROM Set.

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Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythology DVD.

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-- Creature Collector's Set.

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Dark Mirror of Magick DVD (Record of an actual magical operation of historical significance).

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Dragons (documentary).

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Dragons - Fire & Ice DVD.

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Dragons - Myths & Legends.

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Dragons - Myths and Legends DVD.

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Dragons, Fantasy Made Real - DVD.

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Dungeons & Dragons DVD.

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Dungeons & Dragons - The Complete Animated Series DVD.

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Dungeons and Dragons - Wrath of the Dragon God (Widescreen Edition) DVD.

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George and the Dragon DVD.

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Lake Monsters.

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Monsters of the Deep.

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Monsters of the Sea.

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Mysteries & Myths of the Twentieth Century: Loch Ness.

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National Geographic: Creepy Creatures DVD.

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Paleo World: Sea Monsters.

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Quest for Dragons DVD.

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Sea Monsters: Search for Giant Squid.

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Sea Serpent.

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Secrets of Alchemy: The Great Cross and the End of Time - DVD.

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The Flight of Dragons.

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The Last Unicorn DVD.

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The Little Unicorn DVD.

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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns DVD.

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The Magick of Solomon - A History of Western Magick DVD.

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The Mysterious Monsters DVD.

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Unexplained Mysteries DVD.

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Celtic Dragon
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Anne Stokes
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Dragon Moon
Julie Fain
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Basilisk Depicted with Wings Birdlike But with a Tail
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    Mythical Animals in the Wilderness
Mythical Animals in the Wilderness Giclee Print
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Saint George with His Foot on the Neck of the Dragon He Has Just Slain
Saint George with His Foot on the Neck of the Dragon He Has Just Slain Giclee Print
Petrak, A.
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    The Sorcerer's Apprentice Accidentally Lets the Dragon out of the Bottle
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Accidentally Lets the Dragon out of the Bottle Giclee Print
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The Mythical Phoenix Rising from Ashes
The Mythical...
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Pegasus, by Jacopo de'Barbari
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Three Unicorns
Three Unicorns Art Print
Wingerter, Linda
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Alchemy Sagnov
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The Dragon of Wantley Seizes Another Victim
The Dragon of Wantley Seizes Another Victim Giclee Print
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Sphinx
Derek Mckindles
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Fight Between a Dragon and a Lion, a Detail
Fight Between a...
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Gustave Doré
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Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, after Gustave Moreau, circa 1876
Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, after Gustave Moreau, circa 1876 Giclee Print
Berchere,...
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    Dragon from the Caves of Mount Pilatus Switzerland
Dragon from the Caves of Mount Pilatus Switzerland Giclee Print
Kircher,...
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Hercules Slays the Hydra of Lerna
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    Yoveo
Yoveo
Lynne Davies
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-- A Guide to the Imaginary Birds of the World.

-- Animals in Celtic Life and Myth.

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Behold...the Dragons!

-- Bestiary: An Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts.

-- Bewildering Beasties (Dover Pictorial Archive Series).

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Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America.

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Curious and Fantastic Creatures (Dover Pictorial Archives).

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Dancing With Dragons: Invoke Their Ageless Wisdom & Power.

-- Dictionary of Symbolic And Mythological Animals.

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Dragon Tarotdeck.

-- Dragonart: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures.

-- Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons.

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Dragons: A Book of Designs.

-- Dragons: A Natural History.

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Dragons, Unicorns and Sea Serpents: A Classic Study of the Evidence for Their Existence.

-- Dragons 2008 Wall Calendar.

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Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History.

-- Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People.

-- Fabulous Beasts.

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Fabulous Monsters.

-- From Flying Toads to Snakes with Wings: From the Pages of Fate Magazine.

-- Great Book of Dragon Patterns: The Ultimate Design Sourcebook for Artists and Craftspeople.

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Hargreaves New Illustrated Bestiary.

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Hydra and Kraken, Or, the Lore and Lure of Lake-Monsters and Sea-Serpents.

-- Magickal, Mythical, Mystical Beasts: How to Invite Them into Your Life.

-- Mysteries of the Bizarre Animals and Freaks of Nature (Strange Unsolved Mysteries).

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Mysterious America: The Revised Edition.

-- Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide.

-- Mythical Beasts.

-- Mythical Birds & Beasts from Many Lands.

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Mythical Monsters.

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Olde Missus Milliwhistle's Book of Beneficial Beasties.

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Pegasus.

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Pegasus: The Flying Horse.

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Pegasus the Winged Horse.

-- Practical Guide to Dragons.

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Strange Birds (Birds Up Close).

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The Age of Fable.

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The Bestiary (Dramatic Supplement).

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The Book of Dragons.

-- The Book of Fabulous Beasts: A Treasury from Ancient Times to the Present.

-- The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings.

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The Discovery of Dragons.

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The Dragon Tarot.

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The Flying Horse: The Story of Pegasus (All Aboard Books Reading Level 1).

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The Hydra (Monsters of Mythology).

-- The Lion and the Unicorn.


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The Mythological Monsters And Animals Of Chaldea
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-- The Secret World of Unicorns.

-- The Unicorn: An Historical Fantasy.

-- The Unicorn Book of 1955.

-- The Unicorn Book of 1956.

-- The Unicorn Book of 1957.

-- Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1087 Renderings from Historic Sources.


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-- Wonder Beasts: Tales and Lore of the Phoenix, the Griffin, the Unicorn, and the Dragon.

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