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The evolution of the dragon (1919)

Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 114

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anquishing thedemon, when the intoxicating beer or the sedative drink (the potency ofwhich was due to the indwelling spirit of the god) was the chosenmeans of overcoming the dragon. This, in brief, is the framework of the dragon-story. The earlyTrinity as the hero, armed with the Trinity as weapon,… … Fjg. y.—.A Medi.i;val Picturk of a Chinese Dragon upon its cloud(After the late Professor \V. Anderson)

Dragons · Mythology · Rain gods -- Egypt · Mythology, Egyptian · Aphrodite (Greek deity) · Incense

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