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Dragon of Loschy Hill, of Yorkshire folklore; Unnamed dragon defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Longwitton dragon: Of Northumbrian legend. Worm hill dragon: 700 AD the Anglo-Saxons settled and called it "Wruenele" this translates as "Wruen" worm, reptile or dragon and "ele" hill.
Eventually, the worm grows extremely large and the well becomes poisonous. The villagers start to notice livestock going missing and discover that the fully-grown worm has emerged from the well and coiled itself around a local hill. [2] Earlier, and local, versions of the legend associate the hill with Worm Hill, in Fatfield. In most versions ...
Urnes-style runestone U 887, Skillsta, Sweden, showing a runic dragon and a bipedal winged dragon.. Worms, wurms or wyrms (Old English: wyrm, Old Norse: ormʀ, ormr, Old High German: wurm), meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons (Old English: dracan, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large ...
The lindworm (worm meaning snake, see germanic dragon), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster which lives deep in the forest. It can be seen as a sort of dragon.
Death Worm, the protagonist from the smartphone game of the same name. Split Worm, an enormous worm that appears in Silent Hill 3. Greedy Worm, a creature from Silent Hill 4: The Room & The Arcade. Greedy Worm, an enemy in Crash Twinsanity. Graboid, from the computer game Dirt Dragons. Xol, Will of the Thousands, a worm god in Destiny 2.
In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð. In Nordic mythology , he is the son of Hreiðmarr , and brother of Regin and Ótr and is attested throughout the Völsung Cycle , where, Fáfnir slays his father out of greed, taking the ring and hoard of the dwarf ...
The Midgard Worm is also known as the World Serpent. Several places in Great Britain, once occupied by Viking raiders, owe their names to the supposed resemblance they bore to this fictional beast. [4] Worm's Head on the Gower Peninsula in Wales was thought to resemble a sleeping dragon . In Durham, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders there ...
The Worm-God of the Lords of Thule: A worm-like monster dwelling at Northern Polar latitudes, said to be the rival or inimical to Nyarlathotep. Yig: Father of Serpents: A giant snake with human-like arms covered in scales. Son of the Mappo's Dragon, children of his are Ayi'ig and Voltiyig, whereas Rokon is regarded as the brother of Yig. Y'lla