The Dragon in the West

The Dragon in the West is a more orderly scrutinizing of the development of dragon myths and legends in Europe...This is a truly compendious volume that lays out its argument and evidence clearly, with appendices, tables, and explanatory footnotes. It also usefully provides many sources, which are all translated into English.

Autorentext
Daniel Ogden comes from Manchester and was educated at the University of Oxford. He is currently Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter, having previously taught at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY), the University of Oxford, and University College, Swansea. He has published widely on ancient Greek myth, religion, and magic, as well as traditional narratives, reproduction and sexuality, and Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic dynasties.

Klappentext
The Dragon in the West is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history of the image and idea of the dragon. A creature popular in contemporary fiction and cinema, Ogden reveals how the dragon was known to the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and came down to us through early Christianity, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse legends.

Zusammenfassung
An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and George R. R. Martin. A cross between a snake and some fearsome mammal, often sporting colossal wings, they live in caves, lie on treasure, maraud, and breathe fire. They are extraordinarily powerful, but even so, ultimately defeated in their battles with humans. What is the origin of this creature? The Dragon in the West is the first serious and substantial account in any language of the evolution of the modern dragon from its ancient forebears. Daniel Ogden's detailed exploration begins with the drakn of Greek myth and the draco of the dragon-loving Romans, and a look at the ancient world's female dragons. It brings the story forwards though Christian writings, medieval illustrated manuscripts, and the lives of dragon-duelling saints, before concluding with a study of dragons found in the medieval Germanic world, including those of the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf and the Norse sagas.

Inhalt
Introduction
Part One: Heroes
1: Drak n: The Classical Dragon
2: Draco: The Roman Dragon
3: Drakaina: The She-dragon
4: From Worm to Wyvern: The Evolution of the Western Dragon
Part Two: Saints
5: Scripture and Shape
6: The Etiquette of the Saintly Dragon Fight (i): Its Principal Narrative Course
7: The Etiquette of the Saintly Dragon Fight (ii): Some Important Narrative Subroutines
8: Close to the Point of Origin: Lucian's Chaldaean Snake-blaster
9: Theodore and George: Two Military Saints in Context
Part Three: Vikings
10: Worms (Still) and Wyverns: The Form of the Germanic Dragon
11: To the River and Back: The Etiquette of the Germanic Dragon Fight
Conclusion

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