Myths+about+Dragons


 * Here are some famous Myths that involve dragons. You will notice that many of the dragons are shown to be a negative character. These are only some of the many dragon myths there are. These stories are only summaries.**

Worm Once upon a time there was a fisherman who found a worm and he threw it in a well. Then he went away for several years, and the worm kept growing in the well. Then the fisherman came back and saw that the worm had grown and was about as big as a dragon and was terrorizing a near village. They try to kill it but every time they cut it, the pieces join together again. So the fisherman consults an old witch. She tells him that he needs to fight in the water, so, then the pieces will be swept away by the current. He does what the witch told him and thus, defeats the worm.

Beowulf Beowulf was a famous king and warrior. One day he was asked to kill a dragon. Someone had taken a treasure and made the dragon quite angry. Beowulf was very old and he knew that if he was to die it would be because of the dragon.Beowulf was losing the battle when his friend Wiglaf slowed the beast down. Later Beowulf died and gave the kingdom to Wiglaf.

Dragon Keeper(book) This book is about a11 year girl who dosen’t have a name works for Master Lan who works for the Emperor of China. Even though Master Lan is the Dragon keeper he makes the girl take care of the Dragons. There are 2 dragons and the girl didn’t care about them. One day a Dragon died and the girl felt guilty even though she did not do anything. She took better care of the other Dragon.  Danzi the other dragon escaped with the girl and the Dragon stone. They visited different cities and people. They also went through many struggles on their journey to the ocean.

Drac ( The invisible dragon) There is a myth that there once used to be a dragon named Drac who could be invisible. He brings a human to take care of his dying child. After working for the dragon for so many years she forgets that she is human. When the baby dragon is back to health Drac decides that she can go back to the human world. But since she worked for the dragon she could see him when he was invisible. The dragons put's a spell on the woman that she loses the ability to see the dragon."This is the story told by the woman," they say.

St George and the Dragon Once upon a time there was a person called St. George. St. George traveled until he found Libya where a hermit told him that "' Every day ,' said the old man, ' he demands the sacrifice of a beautiful maiden and now all the young girls have been killed. The king's daughter alone remains, and unless we can find a knight who can slay the dragon she will be sacrificed tomorrow. The king of Egypt will give his daughter in marriage to the champion who overcomes this terrible monster." St.George was determined to save the princess. He goes to the Dragon next morning and kills it in a brave fight. Thus marries the princess.

Andromedea and the Cestus dragon There was once a dragon that worked for Posiden the god of Water. One day Posiden got mad at the people of Ethiopia because the queen boasted that her daughter was the most beautiful girl in the world even more beautiful than the water nymphs. This upset Posiden that he sent Cestus his dragon to destroy Ethopia.When he saw the beautiful princess and was going to destroy her a person named Andromeda comes and kills Cestus.

Hercules and Hydra Hercules set out to kill the beast Hydra it was a dragon with many heads. Anyway Hercules tried to kill it but when he cut 1 head 2 grew back this went for while until he called for his nephew. "He suggested that we cauterize the stumps of the heads after I cut them off, so that more heads would not be able to grow back. He turned his sword into a firebrand and as I cut off each head, he placed his sword upon the stump to close the wound before another head could grow back. "


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