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Oil painting of Saint George slaying the dragon by Raphael

'This dragon had two furious wings
One upon each shoulder,
With a sting in his tail as long as a flail,
Which made him bolder and bolder;
He had long claws,
And in his jaws,
Four and fifty teeth of iron
With a hide as tough
As any buff,
Which did him round inviron.'

The Dragon of Wantley
Traditional ballad


Fabulous Beasts In Myth and Legend

Creatures and beasts from myths and legends of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales


Also see:

Fabulous Beasts in Heraldry


Credits: (Related Resources) Includes material from the Wikipedia article "Legendary creature" and "Bestiary", which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Photo credits: (Featured) Saint George and the Dragon, Raphael, circa 1506, Google Art Project, National Gallery of Art at Wikimedia Commons, (Related Resources) (1) Harley MS 3244, British Library Digitised Manuscripts at Wikimedia Commons, (2) MS Body 764, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, at Wikimedia Commons

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Illustration of a Siren from Bestiary Harley MS 3244, British Library Digitised Manuscripts
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Elephant with a dragon coiled around it - a page from a bestiary manuscript MS Body 764, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, Wikimedia Commons
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