mythical creatures - How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a . . . Regarding the term "dragon" and "wyrm" Wyrm is known in English to depict the creature fought by the hero Beowulf That creature is either referred as "wyrm" or "draca" For any decent Tolkien reader (which I am not) this is totally important just because Tolkien was a huge fan of Beowulf and his depiction of Smaug is rooted in that fight
How did dragons get their wings? - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange In ancient Germanic lore at least, they were called "worm", "orm", "wyrm" and later "lindworm" Now worms or snakes don't normally have legs or even wings But up through the ages, these were added to their characteristics The epic poem of Beowulf was the first to describe a dragon wyrm as having a fiery breath and bat-wings
Newest dragons Questions - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a wyvern in terms of the number of legs? As I have seen lots of interest around this answer, more precisely around the number of legs (as @lfurini said), I have decided to open a question to find a canonical answer From the discussion (
Did Loki give birth to a monster? - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange Since solsdottir has answered the part about the parentage of the monsters, I'll try to answer the part of why Loki would eat the heart: The motif of eating the cooked heart of a monster also appears in the story of Sigurd, who eats the heart of the dragon Fafnir and gains knowledge That story suggests that his fosterfather Regin expected at least something like this would happen (he wants
norse - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange In the Lokasenna, Odin claims that Loki spend 8 winters underground, "milking the cows as a maid" and bearing children: Loki spake: 22 "Be silent, Othin! | not justly thou settest The fat
Recently Active Questions - Page 19 - Mythology Folklore Stack Exchange How do we distinguish a dragon, a wyrm and a wyvern in terms of the number of legs? As I have seen lots of interest around this answer, more precisely around the number of legs (as @lfurini said), I have decided to open a question to find a canonical answer From the discussion ( mythical-creatures dragons Gibet 3,512 answered Nov 13, 2019