ISBN:
9780199925100
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.24540938
Keywords:
Dragons-Folklore
;
Dragons-Religious aspects
;
Dragons in the Bible
;
Mythology, Classical
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds offers a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Quick Key to Some Special Terms and Conventions Used in this Book -- Schema of Motifs -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE CLASSICAL DRAGON -- 1. The Genealogy of the Great Dragons -- 2. Typhon, Slain by Zeus -- 3. Python, Slain by Apollo -- 4. Heracles' Dragons (i): Baby Heracles and the Dragon Pair Sent by Hera -- 5. Heracles' Dragons (ii): the Hydra -- 6. Heracles' Dragons (iii): Ladon, the Dragon of the Hesperides -- 7. Heracles' Dragons (iv): Cerberus, the Hound of Hades -- 8. The Chimaera, Slain by Bellerophon -- 9. Medusa, Slain by Perseus -- 10. Lamia, Slain by Eurybatus and Others -- 11. The Dragon of Ares, Slain by Cadmus -- 12. The Dragon of Nemea, Slain by the Seven against Thebes -- 13. The Dragon of Colchis, Slain or Sent to Sleep by Jason and Medea -- 14. The Dragon Pair Sent against Laocoon and his Sons -- 15. The Dragon of the River Bagrada, Slain by Regulus and his Army -- 16. Some Unique Dragon-Slaying and Dragon-Averting Narratives in Later Greek Sources -- 17. The Sea Monster of Troy, Slain by Heracles -- 18. The Sea Monster of Ethiopia, Slain by Perseus -- 19. Scylla, Slain by Heracles and Encountered by Odysseus -- PART TWO: THE CHRISTIAN DRAGON -- 20. The Serpents of the Bible and its Apocrypha -- 21. The Dragons of the Early Hagiographical Tradition -- 22. St Philip, the Echidna and the Ophianoi -- 23. St Silvester and the Dragon of Rome -- 24. Saintly Tales Originating between the Fourth and Sixth Centuries AD -- 25. Saintly Tales of the Central Medieval Period -- 26. St Patrick and St George -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A: World-foundational Dragon-Slaying Tales from the Ancient Near East and India -- Appendix B: Germanic Dragon Fights of the Eighth to Thirteenth Centuries AD.
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