List of dragon locations

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Dragon in the outer area of ​​the Nibelungenhalle on the way to the summit of the Drachenfels. Statue of Franz Josef Krings , 1933

The list of dragon places includes places where a dragon (or lindworm ) lived and / or is said to have been defeated. Admission criterion is evidence of a local dragon saga.

Belgium

The dragon from Mons and the Hommes Blancs
  • Mons : St. George fights the dragon as part of the annual Ducasse de Mons town festival (an intangible UNESCO World Heritage Site).

Germany

France

Greece

Great Britain

England

"The Flying Serpent, Or: Strange News out of Essex". Pamphlet about the Henham Dragon .
  • Aller : A dragon is said to have lived in the moors of Sedgemoor or Athelney , which a villager stabbed with a spear .
  • Anwick : A dragon is said to have hoarded treasure under a dragon-shaped stone. The peasants of the village smashed the stone and took it to the church, where the parts can now be seen as the Drake Stone .
  • Carhampton : St. Carantoc tamed a dragon by putting on its stole , brought it to King Arthur and then released it.
  • Castle Carlton : Sir Hugh Bardolph slew a one-eyed dragon with the help of St. Guthlac .
  • Churchstanton : A knight killed a dragon, the traces of which can still be seen in a field today.
  • Bamburgh : A king's daughter was turned into a lindworm by her stepmother who haunted the Northumberland coast until the princess was redeemed by her brother.
  • Bignor : A chain of hills is said to have arisen here from the body of a dragon.
  • Bishop Auckland : The knight Pollard received lands from the Bishop of Durham for killing a dragon. Pollard made a helmet out of the dragon's body, which can be seen on his family crest.
  • Bisterne : Both Sir Maurice Berkeley and Sir Macdonie de Berkeley are said to have slayed dragons in western Hampshire .
  • Brent Pelham : Lord Piers Shonkes slew a dragon and died, whereupon the devil claimed his soul. The villagers prevented this by burying half inside and half outside the church; the grave is still preserved today.
  • Brinsop : A dragon living in a well is said to have been slain by St. George. The village church has a drum with a carving depicting the event.
  • Bures : A dragon was driven into a nearby swamp by the villagers.
  • Deerhurst : A dragon living in the nearby swamp was slain by the blacksmith John Smith, the dragon is said to be immortalized as a gargoyle on the church of Deerhurst.
  • Exe Valley : A dragon is said to have guarded a treasure under Dolbury Hill or in Cadbury Castle .
  • Filey : The local villagers killed a dragon that lived in a crevice.
  • Grimesditch : A dragon that lived in a moat under a bridge is said to have been slain here.
  • Handale : There was a dragon in the forest that hunted the women of the village.
  • Henham : A pamphlet from 1669 tells of a "flying snake" and a basilisk .
  • Kingston St Mary : A dragon was killed here by being fed a boulder.
  • Lambton : The Lambton worm that lived in Wear raged here .
  • Longwitton : An invisible dragon lived by a healing well, where it healed itself if it was wounded. A knight killed him with the help of a magical eye ointment after three days of fighting.
  • Ludham : A dragon lived in a hole in the ground and an abandoned monastery.
  • Lyminster : A Knucker is said to have been killed here either by a knight or a spoiled pudding and the subsequent “cure” - beheading .
  • Mordiford : A peasant girl named Maud is said to have raised a wyvern who later terrorized the village and was slain by a knight. A painting on the village church was a reminder of the legend until around 1811, before the pastor had it destroyed. The saga varies greatly in its details.
  • Moston : According to legend, Sir Thomas Venables slew a dragon, as evidenced by the Venables coat of arms to this day.
  • Norton Fitzwarren : A dragon that crawled out of the bodies of slain soldiers was killed by Fulke Fitzwarrine. The fight can be seen on a choir screen in the church , some branches of the Fitzwarrine family have a dragon in their coat of arms.
  • Nunnington : Sir Peter Loschy and his dog killed a poisonous dragon, but died in the process.
  • Shervage Wood : A lynx was accidentally sawed in half by a lumberjack and killed.
  • Sockburn : Sir John Conyers slew a dragon and received Sockburn as a fief from the Bishop of Durham . He, too, is said to have made a helmet out of the dragon, which was presented to every bishop at the inauguration .
  • St Leonard's Forest : St. Leonard slew a dragon in this place where the saint's blood fell, today lilies are said to grow.
  • St Osyth : For the year 1170, a giant dragon that buried houses is reported here.
  • Uffington : St. George is said to have killed a dragon here. The Uffington White Horse near Dragon Hill is said to represent the horse of the dragon slayer.
  • Wormelowe Barrow: A dragon is supposed to guard a treasure here.
  • Wantley : A dragon was driven away by a knight in spiked armor.

Channel Islands

  • Five Oaks : The Seigneur de Hanbye is said to have killed a dragon at this location in Jersey . However, he was murdered by his servant, who claimed the act for himself and asked for the hand of his master's widow.

Scotland

  • Ben Vair : A dragon living in a mountain cave was lured into a trap by a man and killed. A family of dragons living in a granary was set on fire along with the building, and the only surviving mother threw herself on a rock called Leac-na-Beithreach ("dragon stone ") until she died.
  • Cnoc-na-Cnoimh : The agony of a dragon is said to have left traces on this hill.
  • Kirkton or Strathmartine : A dragon living in a well killed a girl who wanted to fetch water until a boy named Martin killed him with a menhir that is said to be still standing today as Martin's Stone .
  • Linton : A dragon was slain by the later Baron of Linton.
  • Orkney Islands : The Mester Stoor Worm lived off the coast of Scotland, where every Saturday he would ask people to sacrifice a young girl before a young lad would eat him and set his liver on fire. The dragon's teeth are said to have become the Faroe Islands , Shetlands and Orkneys, and his body to Iceland , where the liver is still burning as a volcano today .

Wales

  • Penmynedd : The heir to those of Penhesgyn died as prophesied by a dragon while playing with its bones.
  • Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochant : A menhir testifies to the killing of a flying dragon by the villagers who wrapped the stone in red cloth and provided thorns on which the dragon impaled.
  • Llandeilo Graban : Here, too, a flying dragon that lived on a church tower was killed by a thorny bait.

Canada

Austria

  • Hochfilden : Here is to 1921 Tatzelwurm have incurred a poacher.
  • Innsbruck : After the giant Haymon is said to have founded Wilten Abbey , the church at that time was destroyed by a lindworm from the Sill Gorge. Haymon is said to have killed the dragon and cut out his tongue.
  • Klagenfurt am Wörthersee : A man-eating dragon is said to have been up to mischief here, until the inhabitants caught him with a trick and beat him to death. The city coat of arms and the Lindwurmbrunnen remind of this today .
The Wawel Dragon, woodcut from 1544
  • Vienna : In Schönlaterngasse 7, a basilisk is said to have lived in the house fountain in 1212 . A baker's boy is said to have turned him into stone with the help of a mirror.
  • Wildschönau : According to legend, a lake with a dragon living on its banks originally covered the high valley. A farmer killed the dragon, and in agony it smashed the rock that dammed the lake. The water flowed through the resulting Kundler Gorge to the Inn valley and released the high valley; the coat of arms shows the dragon from the legend.

Poland

Switzerland

Beatenberg coat of arms
  • Beatenberg : Hermit Beatus drove away a kite here.
  • Düdingen : A tunnel worm lived in a rock hole.
  • Ennetmoos : Knight Heinrich von Winkelried is said to have killed a dragon here.
  • Küsnacht ZH : In the ravine are the Drachenhöhle and the Drachenkopf boulder.
  • Lenzburg : The gentlemen at Lenzburg Castle are said to have slayed dragons.
  • Lucerne : A kite was seen swimming in the Reuss .
  • Muri : A farmer killed a young dragon, but the dying beast still killed him with its tail.
  • Naters : A dragon lived in a rock cave called the Natternloch. He was shot by a locksmith.
  • Ormont-Dessus : A snow-white, feathered dragon lived in the green lake in the Ormont Valley.
  • Stein am Rhein : The city's coat of arms and seal are reminiscent of the legend of St. George.
  • Pilate : Dragons were seen flying over the mountain.
  • A dragon lived under a rock in Rohrdorf .
  • Saas-Almagell : A dragon ate the gold inside the mountains until a mountain collapsed and buried the monster under itself.
  • In the Schwändital near Näfels , a poor knight killed a dragon that made the area unsafe.
  • Vättis : The Drachenloch at 2,427 m above sea level. M. is the highest prehistoric cave in Europe.
  • Vouvry : A man stole a diamond from a dragon.
  • Wettingen : There is a dragon cave above the village.
  • Wichtrach : Local tradition ascribes both the place name and the spear in the local coat of arms to a dragon expulsion.

Slovenia

Czech Republic

The dragon from Brno
  • The coat of arms of Bělotín goes back to the Georg patronage of the local church.
  • The Brno Dragon is a stuffed crocodile that has been in the city since at least 1578. Local legends connect him with the Crusaders.
  • Knight Albrecht von Trautenberg defeated the local dragon in Trutnov , see the city's coat of arms.

References

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ drachenfels.net
  2. ^ Website of the folk festival
  3. ↑ Article on the city founding saga  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rp-online.de  
  4. ↑ / Brief description of the folk tale
  5. ↑ Drakenhöhlen Obermarsberg . In: Sauerland.com. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Website of the city of Apolda
  7. ^ City website
  8. ↑ Brief description of the folk tale  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.syrau.de  
  9. ^ S. Baring-Gould, John Fisher: The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales, Cornwall and Irish Saints. Kessinger Publishing, 2005, p. 337.
  10. ↑ Website about the dragon Graoully (French)
  11. ↑ Christine Rauer: Beowulf and the dragon: parallels and analogues. Boydell & Brewer, 2000, p. 58.
  12. ↑ Brief description of the Gargouille (French)
  13. ^ Website of the city of Tarascon (German) ( Memento from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Charlotte M. Yonge: What Is Better Than Slaying A Dragon. In: Charlotte M. Yonge (Ed.): A Book of Golden Deeds. Blackie & Son, London 1864.
  15. ↑ a b c d e f Jacqueline Simpson: Fifty British Dragon Tales: An Analysis . In: Folklore , Vol. 89, No. 1 (1978), pp. 79-93.
  16. ↑ Karl Shuker: Dragons. Mythology - symbolism - history. Bechtermünz-Verlag, Augsburg 1997. ISBN 3-86047-689-0 , pp. 12-15.
  17. ↑ Karl Shuker: Dragons. Mythology - symbolism - history. Bechtermünz-Verlag, Augsburg 1997. ISBN 3-86047-689-0 , pp. 48-51.
  18. ^ Albert Clifton Kelway: Memories of Old Essex. Read Books, 2008. ISBN 1-40976-472-9 , pp. 265-266
  19. ↑ Karl Shuker: Dragons. Mythology - symbolism - history. Bechtermünz-Verlag, Augsburg 1997. ISBN 3-86047-689-0 , p. 62.
  20. ↑ Karl Shuker: Dragons. Mythology - symbolism - history. Bechtermünz-Verlag, Augsburg 1997. ISBN 3-86047-689-0 , p. 56.
  21. ↑ brna.cz

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