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The dragon guarding the golden fleece, as in Apollonius's Argonautica. This is a list of dragons in literature. For fictional dragons in other media, see the list of dragons in popular culture. For dragons from legends and mythology, see the list of dragons in mythology and folklore.
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.
Aido Wedo. The Rainbow Serpent of Dahomey mythology. Ayida-Weddo. A loa in Dahomey mythology who is married to Damballa. Ayida-Weddo is also mentioned in Haitian Vodou. Damballa. A loa featured in West African mythology in addition to African-American Vodou. Bida. A serpent of Soninke mythology.
This category includes a list of dragons that appear in fiction as distinct from legend, myth or belief. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Dragons. J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons based on those of European legend, but going beyond them in having personalities of their own, such as the wily Smaug, who has features of both Fafnir and the Beowulf dragon. Dragons appear in the early stories of The Book of Lost Tales, including the mechanical war-dragons ...
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex lines 163–201, [1] describing a shepherd battling a big constricting snake, calls it "serpens" and also "draco", showing that in his time the two words probably could mean the same thing.
Books about dragons (9 C, 14 P) D. Dragon Ball (5 C, 5 P) ... Pages in category "Dragons in popular culture" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of ...
List of dragons in mythology and folklore. Dragons in Greek mythology. Germanic dragon. Slavic dragon. European dragon. Chinese dragon. Japanese dragon. Korean dragon. List of dragons in popular culture.