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In another account, the Mordiford Dragon was more serpentine and lived in Haugh Wood for some years. The poisonous creature terrorized the area to the point where it decreased the working population of the town. Eventually a local convict offered to kill the creature if he were given a pardon. The pardon was granted, and the convict acquired a ...
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.
Jake goes to rescue him while Farley distracts the wyvern, but get killed. David mentions that the wyvern has eggs, then dies. Claire, Jake, Haas, Vinyl, and the Colonel decide to electrify the nest with items that the beast has used to construct it and kill the wyvern. The creature kills Haas and escapes after it is shocked and flies off.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a chicken egg hatched by a toad or snake.
A guivre is a mythical creature similar to a dragon or a lindworm. In legend they were portrayed as serpentine creatures who possessed venomous breath and prowled the countryside of Medieval France. [1] The words "guivre" (wurm, wyvern [which is derived from it], [2] or
The creatures were found in “absolutely lightless” areas of forest caves, researchers said. ‘Giant’ cave-dwelling creature — carrying 6 eggs — found in Ecuador. It’s a new species
A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.
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.