Dragonslayers / Joseph A. McCullough ; illustrated by Peter Dennis.
Material type: TextSeries: Heroes and legends (Rosen Publishing Group)Publisher: New York : Rosen Publishing, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 86 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1477781366 (library bound)
- 9781477781364 (library bound)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2454 M133 | Available | 33111008059707 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume presents many of the most exciting and famous battles between mythical heroes and the deadly dragons they conquered. Each tale is retold using modern language and modern storytelling sensibilities, but attempts to stay as true as possible to the original source material. Accompanying each tale is the essential information about the myth or legend: its sources, its historical basis, its development, and its continuing legacy in the modern world. Readers will be captivated by the thrilling stories and illustrations of ancient, Norse, medieval, and holy dragonslayers.
Includes bibliographical references (page 83) and index.
Acient dragonslayers -- Norse dragonslayers -- Holy dragonslayers -- Medieval dragonslayers -- Dragonslayers from around the world.
With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology. Often serving as a stand-in for Satan, or the power of evil gods, dragons spread death and hopelessness throughout the land. Only heroes of uncommon valour, courageousness, and purity could hope to battle these monsters and emerge victorious. Those that did became legends. They became dragonslayers. The list of dragonslayers is small, but it is filled with great and legendary names. Hercules, Beowulf, Cuchulain, Sigfried, Lancelot, and Saint George all battled to the death with dragons. Other heroes such as the Danish King Frotho, the French Saint Mercurialis, the Polish champion Krak, and the Russian warrior Dobrynya Nikitch might be less well known to western readers, but also fought and defeated dragons. This book will retell the greatest legends of this select group of warriors, while examining the myth of the dragonslayer in a historical, mythological, and even theological context.