Three-headed dragon.
Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B11.2.3.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APPENDIX, ch. 34
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XIII
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 60 60.— THE TWO BROTHERS.
- Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 91 91.— THE ELVES.
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XII XII. The Sacred Marriage
Filed across the traditions
- Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges
- general Africa (Fulah): Frobenius Atlantis VI 182ff. No. 4.
Carried in tale types
- The Fight on the Bridge · ATU 300A 2 recorded variants
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