"wtf is the 'dragon of chaos'?" "how do you not know? bring a +3 enchanted weapon bare minimum, and as much elemental damage absorption as you can afford."
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Níðhöggr is another "dragon of chaos". Gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil (the world tree, the tree of life).pic.twitter.com/rv357XhT9R
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And here's another (with a recent Hollywood movie about this, so you're running out of excuses...): Beowulf's Dragon This one not a primordial manifestation of chaos, but rather, a later descendent of primordial powers. Beowulf makes a heroic sacrifice to defeat this one.pic.twitter.com/ZrSO3XkzQM
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Tolkien drew heavily on Nordic mythology and Smaug was a kind of remix of Beowulf's Dragon. Bilbo Baggins wasn't an epic hero though so so he didn't sacrifice himself, instead he made alliances to defeat the force of corruption (Smaug, manifestation of greed) that had ruined thempic.twitter.com/e86D7VvN99
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Tolkien's works are fully mainstreamed at this point. There's no excuse. It's willful ignorance if you don't understand the symbolism of dragons in heroic epics and mythological stories.
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Here's St. George slaying the dragon. This is the other major "hero slays dragon" epic in the Western canon (after Beowulf, which is probably the older story). This story in particular, because it's so much more recent, is closely linked with the Christianization of Europe.pic.twitter.com/LyPLLBXX7H
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that image in particular is an interesting one. the dragon is on a leash. who's holding the leash?
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Replying to @danlistensto
That would be St. Margaret of Antioch I believe.
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Replying to @theheathenjohn
afaik Margaret doesn't appear in George's story, but rather has her own encounter with a dragon.
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Replying to @danlistensto
It's a motif among the saints. I believe Martha is also meant to have bound a dragon.
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yes! in some tellings of the story she did it from _inside the dragon's stomach_ after being swallowed alive.
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