Drager: mellom myte og virkelighet

This non-fiction discussion of the history of dragons include, amongst other things, the following:
* The areas of megafauna to which humans were exposed
* The notion of the dragon as an inherent psychological archetype
* A discussion of the etymology of 'dragon'/'drakon' and the various other words for supernatural serpents in other languages
* A retelling of "Enuma Elish"
* A retelling of the Greek myth of Typhon
* A retelling of the Greek myth of Cadmus and the dragon teeth
* A retelling of the Greek myths of Herakles insofar as they touch on dragons and similar beings
* A retelling of the Greek myths of the Golden Fleece and Jason and the Argonauts, insofar as they touch on dragons
* A short retelling of the Biblical story of Daniel in the Lion's Den and the Babylonian dragon of Nebuchadnezzar
* A discussion of the beliefs of the warriors of Dacia, their integration into the Roman Empire, and the ripple effects on draconic imagery in European and particularly British history and Arthurian myth
* A retelling of the legend of Saint George and the dragon
* A retelling of the Greek myth of Perseus insofar as it touches on serpent-like creatures
* A retelling of the legends of Saint Magnus of Füssen ("Saint Mang")
* Retellings of various legends and excavations surrounding dragon caves in the German-speaking part of Europe: Drachenfels by Bonn, Drachenh'ohle by Mur, Drachenloch by Vättis and the Syrau forest dragon
* A discussion of the geological explanation for such caves
* Retellings of the legend of the lindwurm by the crossing of Glan by Klagenfurt, and of the giant Haymo and the dragon of Sill in Tyrol.
* A brief discussion of dragons in Norwegian fairy tales and Viking traditions
* Retellings of the Norse mythological dragons the Midgard Serpent and Nidhogg
* A lengthy discussion of and retelling of the Niebelungen and Volsunga Saga tales of Sigfried/Sigurd and the dragon Fåvne/Fafnir
* A retelling of the folklore surrounding a dragon by the ancient Aker Church in Viken
* A retelling of the Chinese fairy tale of the four dragons Chánglóng, Huánlóng, Hèilóng and Zhûlóng defying the Jade Emperor and being turned into the four main rviers of China
* A retelling of the story of Zhen the Jade Emperor
* A discussion of the various types of dragons in Chinese traditions, and their characteristics
* A discussion of the nine (plus five) pseudo-dragons described as the sons of the Chinese dragon: Bixi/Ba-xià/Lóng-gûi, Chi-wěn, Pu-láo, Bi-an/Xan-zhang, Tao-tie, Gong-fu, Yã-zi, Sûan-mí/Jin-ni, Jião-tú/Pu/shou, Qìu-níu, Cháo-fèng, Fu-xi, Xie-zhi and Hao-xian
* A retelling of the myth of the Jade Dragon, the Golden Phoenix and the Shining Pearl, and how they became the two mountains by the West Sea
* A discussion of the four-toed Korean dragons and the three-toed Japanese, and their similarities to the Chinese dragons
* A retelling of the Japanese myth of Susanowo, his defeat of the eight-headed dragon, and his gifting of the three items found inside to Ameratasu who passed them on to the line of emperors
* A retelling of the Persian legenf od Rustem and his horse defeating a dragon
* A retelling of the Indian Vedic myth of the enormous serpent Vritra stealing all the world's water in the deva and the asura deities' war
* A discussion of the Indian nagas and a retelling of the tale of king Senaka and the daughter of the Naga king
* A retelling of the Mwindo epic from the Nyanga people of the Congo, focusing on the chieftain Shemwindo and his son Mwindo
* A retelling of a Swahili tale from the coast of Kenya and Tanzania, regarding the hero Rubiya and his defeat of a seven-headed snake
* A retelling of the origin story of the Efe pygmies of the Congo
* Two brief retellings of serpens stealing all the world's water: Mbumba the rainbow serpent's defeat by the rain deity Pulu Bunzi, from Central Africa, and the Zulu tale of Inubulele's defeat by the hero Sikulume
* A brief retelilng of another Zulu tale, wherein the serpent man Unthlatu kidnap chieftain's daughter and eventually marry her
* A retelling of Mother Eingana, the rainbow snake originator of all life in Aboriginal Australian myth
* Brief retellings of other Australian rainbow snake stories, concerning the Aranda Serpent, Kaleru of the Kimberley region, and Wonambi in the great desert
* A retelling of the tale of the Wawalag sisters and the rainbow snake Yulunggul from the Murngin people of Arnhem in Australia
* A brief discussion of the zoological giant snakes of Australia's past, Giganthopis, Wonambi and Yurlunggur
* A detailed overview of the evolution of scientific studies of dragons, notably dwelling on Herodotus, Demokrit, Aristotle, Pliny the Elder (and his tale of the dragon feud with elephants, which would be repeated for centuries), the etymology and zoology of the boa species of Italy, Aelianus, Medieval bestiaries (Physiologus in particular), Oluf Månsson / Olaus Magnus' writings on Harald Hardråde's defeat of a dragon in Constantinople, the tale of the herder Baptista from Camaldus, attempted zoological writings in the 1500s, the role of Christian morality and the evolution of dragon imagery, how wings were added to the depictions, and the obsession with dragons from modern Christian creationists
* A brief sampling of various novels with prominent use of dragons: Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937) and Farmer Giles of Ham (1949), le Guin's Earthsea novels (starting in 1968), McCaffrey's Pern (from 1969), Baily's Brothers of the Dragon (1992), Rawn's Dragon Prince series (1988), Wrede's Talking to Dragons (1985), Anthony's Xanth series (from 1982), Dickson's The Dragon and George (1976), Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame (from 1983), MacAvoy's Tea with the Black Dragon (1983) and Raphael (1984), Norton's Dragon Magic (1972), Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart (1973)
* A brief sampling of various films with prominent use of dragons: The Brothers Lionheart (1977), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), Jason and the Argonauts (1962), The Reluctant Dragon (1941), Sleeping Beauty (1959), Pete's Dragon (1977), Dragonslayer (1981), Neverending Story (1984), Dragonheart (1996), Dungeons and Dragons (2000), Shrek (2001) and Reign of Fire (2002), concluding with an expectation of the dragon in the then forthcoming Hobbit films.