I’ve said it before and I’ll say it over and over again, when one starts looking at the history of England, one runs into dragons. Everywhere. There are dragons everywhere. Including a royal residence.
Category: Dragons of Britain
Dragon myths of Britain and the dragons of modern Britain.
The Dragon of Loschy Hill
Sometimes you just stumble into a piece of research that totally expands your story world and takes your tale in directions you would not have foreseen. The Loschy Dragon is one of those cases.
Dragon of Mordiford
Nearly all the dragon myths I’ve read fell into the category of “dragon terrorizes town, man kills dragon” variety. But this one was totally different, if for no other reason, a woman and a dragon were at the forefront of the story. That alone riveted my attention, but wait, my friends, it gets better! In …
The Lambton Worm
The legend of the Lambton Worm originates from County Durham in North East England, near the River Wear. In it, John Lambton, an heir of the Lambton Estate, battles with a giant worm (an early reference to a dragon) that had been terrorizing the local villages. John Lambton is actually responsible for the presence of the worm himself. As a young man, he skipped church …
A World of Dragons
If you take a glance at English mythology, it is full of dragons. Seriously, they are everywhere. Throughout Britain’s history, their lands were settled by peoples who brought dragons, their symbolism, and images from their homelands. The Britons, Gauls, and Germanic peoples (just to name a few) brought myths with them that mingled with indigenous …
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