Tales and myths about dragons
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Dragons are the only creatures that we meet in the legends of almost all the peoples of the world: from the legends of snowy Scandinavia to the tales of Africa, Japan and China. Unimaginable without dragons and modern legends - from “Lord of the Rings” to “Game of Thrones”. Our book contains more than twenty tales and legends about dragons from different countries and eras. We will begin the journey in ancient Greece, where Zeus, Kadm and Hercules entered the fight with dragons. In Germany and England, the great warriors Siegfried and Beowulf went to the duel with the dragons, and St. George in Lebanon. The reader finds out how they won, tamed and revered dragons in Norway, Finland, Serbia, Armenia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Kalmykia. As the inhabitants of Japan, Korea and China admired them in front of the dragons and admired them. And of course, we will not forget about the snake of Gorynych from Russian fairy tales! The book is illustrated by the works of legendary illustrators of the XIX-XX centuries-Arthur Rekham, Theodore Kittelsen, Walter Crane, Ivan Bilibin, Boris Zvorykin
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
- Category:Esoteric, Folklore & Myth
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00185-120-2
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