Sleepless dragon — Mythoi

Motif

Sleepless dragon.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B11.4.3

Attested across traditions

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. IX receipt
“Now it was at Colchis in a grove of Ares, hanging on an oak and guarded by a sleepless dragon.”

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. IX
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXVI XXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son

Cited in the index

general Greek Myth (Jason): *Frazer Apollodorus I 95 n. 2. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX

Within the index

Filed under Dragon's habits.

Filed beside it

Flying dragon. (Cf. B11.2.1.11.) Dragon as giver of omens Dragon travels on sea or land Talking dragon

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5) Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.) Bird language Grateful animals Helpful serpent Tabu: falsely claiming the powers of a god Transformation and disenchantment at will Power of self-transformation received from a god Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.) Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.) Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.) Speaking ship. (Cf. D1123.)

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