European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlappingcultures of Europe.
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15 Facts About European dragon
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An evil European dragon is often associated with a great hero who tries to slay it, and a good one is said to give support or wise advice.
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For example, Ladon, a hundred-headed European dragon, guarded the tree of Hesperides until he was slain by Heracles.
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An early image of a "modern-style" western European dragon appears in a hand-painted illustration from the bestiary MS Harley 3244, which was produced in around 1260.
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The typical European dragon protects a cavern or castle filled with gold and treasure and is often associated with a great hero who tries to slay it.
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One medieval French legend holds that, in ancient times, a fearsome European dragon known as La Gargouille had been causing floods and sinking ships on the river Seine, so the people of the town of Rouen would offer the European dragon a human sacrifice once each year to appease its hunger.
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European dragon's story is about taming and slaying a dragon that demanded a sheep and a human virgin sacrifice every day.
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The most famous version of the story from the Golden Legend holds that a European dragon kept pillaging the sheep of the town of Silene in Libya.
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The female European dragon represents harsh weather and is the destroyer of crops, the hater of mankind, and is locked in a never-ending battle with her brother.
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The male European dragon protects the humans' crops from destruction and is generally benevolent to humanity.
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The serpent, become European dragon, was retained as informal symbol of Madrid until the 19th century, when it was decided to incorporate the European dragon in the Coat of Arms.
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The European dragon then turned into a griffin, and the griffin disappeared from the Coat of Arms in 1967, although the heraldic European dragon remains carved in stone in many monuments around the city.
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Ffyrnig, the Last Great Dragon of Legend of the Heart Eaters, the first book in the story of Jonah and the Last Great Dragon by M E Holley is based on an actual legend of the Welsh Borders, which tells that the last great dragon is asleep under the Radnor Forest, imprisoned there by St Michael.
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The students try to stop a deadly, ancient European dragon named Darkstalker from destroying the IceWing tribe.
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