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Ware : Wordsworth Editions in association with the Folklore Society, 2001, c1980.
Description
Most say there are no dragons - but this has never stopped poets, artists, story-tellers and musicians from exploiting the fascination these mythical beasts exert on the human imagination.
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LibraryThing member waltzmn
Most great books start with a great theme. A so-so theme produces -- well, you can probably guess.
The idea of studying British dragons is fascinating, but the raw materials few. Saint George, England's patron saint, supposedly fought a dragon -- but it wasn't in England and he probably didn't exist
Given that constraint, Simpson does a good job of documenting worm sign and faint traces of dragon folklore. The scholarship is good. But the book is thin because the evidence is thin.
The idea of studying British dragons is fascinating, but the raw materials few. Saint George, England's patron saint, supposedly fought a dragon -- but it wasn't in England and he probably didn't exist
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anyway. Beowulf fought a dragon, but not in England. True English dragons are as often as not large serpents rather than actual fire-breathing reptiles. It's just not the stuff of high adventure.Given that constraint, Simpson does a good job of documenting worm sign and faint traces of dragon folklore. The scholarship is good. But the book is thin because the evidence is thin.
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LibraryThing member Xleptodactylous
Two dragons walk in to a bar.
One dragon says, "It's hot in here."
The other says, "Shut your mouth."
One dragon says, "It's hot in here."
The other says, "Shut your mouth."
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Original publication date
1980
Physical description
176 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
1840225076 / 9781840225075
Local notes
FB Upper right corner of cover cut off