The dragon in the west : from ancient myth to modern legend
Daniel Ogden
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Omfang | xiv, 459 sider : illustrasjoner (svart/hvitt og farger)
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| Utgave | First edition
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| Opplysninger | Part I. Heroes -- 1. Drakōn : the classical dragon -- 2. Draco : the Roman dragon -- 3. Drakaina : the she-dragon -- 4. From worm to Wyvern : the evolution of the Western dragon -- Part 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 : Lucian's Chaldaean snake-blaster -- 9. Theodore and George : two military saints in context -- Part 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.
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| ISBN | 0198830181. - 9780198830184
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