Dragon in the west : from ancient myth to modern legend / Daniel Ogden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogden, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dragons--History.

Dragons.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 459 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HEROES

1. Drakon: The Classical Dragon

2. Draco: The Roman Dragon

3. Drakaina: The She-Dragon

4. From Worm to Wyvern: The Evolution of the Western Dragon

pt. II SAINTS

5. Scripture and Shape

6. The Etiquette of the Saintly Dragon Fight (i): Its Principal Narrative Course

7. The Etiquette of the Saintly Dragon Fight (ii): Some Important Narrative Subroutines

8. Close to the Point of Origin: Lucians Chaldaean Snake-Blaster

9. Theodore and George: Two Military Dragon-Slaying Saints in Context

pt. III VIKINGS

10. Worms (Still) and Wyverns: The Form of the Germanic Dragon

11. To the River and Back: The Etiquette of the Germanic Dragon Fight

Conclusion

Appendices

A. The Myths of Typhon and of Other Indo-European and Near Eastern World-Foundational Dragons Compared

B. Hagiographical Dragon Fights: The Sources

C. Germanic Dragon Fights: Texts and Translations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198830181

9780198830184

OCLC:

1231956442

Publisher Number:

99989752858