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by Ernest Ingersoll
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ISBN: 0486440745 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Fascinating book teems with information about powerful serpents of the deep and land-roving, fire-breathing monsters that first appeared in the creation myths of the ancient Far East. Dragons in China, Korea, and Japan are covered, as are those in Babylonian and Egyptian legends, and in English, Irish, and French tales.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Payson & Clarke Ltd., New York, 1928.
Table of Contents for Dragons and Dragon Lore
| Introduction | |||||||
| Contents | |||||||
| Illustrations | |||||||
| I. Birth of the dragon | |||||||
| II. Wanderings of the young dragon | |||||||
| III. Indian nagas and draconic prototypes | |||||||
| IV. The divine spirit of the waters | |||||||
| V. Draconic grandparents | |||||||
| VI. The dragon as a rain-god | |||||||
| VII. Korean water and mountain spirits | |||||||
| VIII. "The men of the dragon bones" | |||||||
| IX. The dragon in Japanese art | |||||||
| X. The dragon's precious pearl | |||||||
| XI. The dragon invades the west | |||||||
| XII. The "old serpent" and his progeny | |||||||
| XIII. Welsh romances and English legends | |||||||
| XIV. The dragon and the Holy Cross | |||||||
| XV. To the glory of St. George | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||
| Index |