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A depiction of Sigurð slaying Fáfnir on the right portal plank from Hylestad Stave Church, the so-called "Hylestad I", from the second half of the 12th century [1]. In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð.
A dragon-like horned serpent of the Lakota peoples' mythology. Unhcegila: A horned serpent also of Lakota mythology. Gaasyendietha: A lake dragon or serpent of the Great Lakes, found in Seneca mythology. Palulukon: Palulukon is a class of water serpent to the Hopi of North America. [35] European-American dragons Thevetat
Modern fan illustration by David Demaret of the dragon Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 high fantasy novel The Hobbit. This is a list of dragons in popular culture.Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ARK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard.In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players.
The dragon Mušḫuššu, whom Marduk once vanquished, became his symbolic animal and servant. [7] It was taken over by Marduk from Tishpak, the local god of Eshnunna. [8] The constellation Hydra was known in Babylonian astronomical texts as Bašmu, 'the Serpent' (𒀯 𒈲, MUL.d MUŠ).
[T 1] As well as "dragon", Tolkien called them "drake" (from Old English draca, in turn from Latin draco and Greek δράκων), and "worm" (from Old English wyrm, "serpent", "dragon"). [T 2] Tolkien named four dragons in his Middle-earth writings. Like the Old Norse dragon Fafnir, they are able to speak, and can be subtle of speech.
Gamma Draconis (γ Draconis, abbreviated Gamma Dra, γ Dra), formally named Eltanin / ɛ l ˈ t eɪ n ɪ n /, [9] [10] is a star in the northern constellation of Draco.Contrary to its gamma-designation (historically third-ranked), it is the brightest object in Draco at magnitude 2.2, [1] outshining Beta Draconis by nearly half a magnitude and Alpha Draconis by over a magnitude.
Lophosaurus dilophus, the crowned forest dragon or Indonesian forest dragon, is a large arboreal agamid lizard found in New Guinea and the Moluccan islands, Indonesia.