Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 400
have fallen, though their originalbasis in nature may gene-rally be traced. I n the farNorth, where the legendsof swan-maidens, pigeon-maidens, and vampyreswere paramount in theMiddle Ages, we find thebird-shaped dragon verycommon. Sometimes theserpent-characteristics arepronounced, as in… … -Angi.o-Saxon Dragons (CaedmonMS., tenth century). 38o ANGLO-SAXON AND SOUTHERN DRAGONS. Csedmon Manuscript, tenth century (Fig. 27), a fair exampleof the ornamental Anglo-Saxon dragon. The cuttlefishseems to have suggested the animalised form of the Hydra,which in turn helped to shape the Dragon…
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