British Dragons (Wordsworth Myth, Legend & Folklore)

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Description: "Most say there are no dragons" - but this has never stopped poets, artists, story-tellers and musicians from exploiting the fascination these mythical beasts exert on the human imagination. Jacqueline Simpson gathers and examines the material to be found in folk tales in England, Scotland and Wales, together with folk customs using the dragon. In addition there is a brief general history of dragons. This book brings together the various mythic forms of the dragon as treasure guardian, voracious beast to be killed, the luck-giving snake and many others. All of these are drawn from the rich dragon folklore tradition of ... (more)

Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Release date: 23 February 2001
ISBN-10 : 1840225076 | ISBN-13: 9781840225075

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