Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Monster name "Dragon of Wantley" | Britain | warncliff, in Yorkshire. A monster slain by More, of More Hall, who procured a suit of armour studded with spikes; and, proceeding to the well where the dragon had his lair, kicked it in the mouth, where alone it was vulnerable. Britain |
Demon name "Kulshedra" | Albania | Female demonic individual in who may be either an enormous hag with pendulous breasts and / or a dragon like monster who spits fire Albania |
King name "Leviathan" | Egypt | The crocodile, or some extinct sea monster, described in the Book of Job. It sometimes in Scripture designates Pharaoh, king of Egypt, where the word is translated "dragon." |
Monster name "Opinicus" | Arabic | A fabulous monster, composed of dragon, camel, and lion, used in heraldry. It forms the crest of the Barber Surgeons of London. |
Monster name "Pistris" | Greek | Pistrix, Pristis or Pristrix. The sea-monster sent to devour Andromeda. In ancient art it is represented with a dragon's head, the neck and head of a beast, fins for the forelegs and the body and tail of a fish. In Christian art the pistris was usually employed to represent the whale which swallowed Jonah. Greek |