Dragons: A Natural History - Softcover

Karl Shuker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854103725 ISBN 13: 9781854103727

Publisher: Aurum Press, 1995

Synopsis

An examination of the mythology, natural history, symbolism and signficance of dragons worldwide, which includes sections devoted to the five types of dragon: the serpent dragons; the semi-dragons; classical dragons; sky dragons; and neo-dragons.

About this title

From Booklist:

If you ever encounter a dragon, it would be good to have this book on hand. Thanks to it, you will be able to recognize the particular species of the beast you have met, whether worm, basilisk, cockatrice, tarasque, peluda, or mere dragonet. Knowing such information could keep you from accidentally feeding a baby wyvern, as a girl named Maud did in Herefordshire, whereupon it grew into a winged monster that terrorized the countryside until it was finally dispatched by a fearless knight. Charmingly written and gorgeously illustrated with dragons ranging from Babylonian Ishtar's guard dragon as portrayed in mosaic bas-relief to Quetzalcoatl in Mayan codices to the creature Saint George famously fought, this is an excellent popular folklore tome. Patricia Monaghan

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurum Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1854103725
• ISBN 13: 9781854103727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120