μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dragon guards treasure.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B11.6.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. Boberg
  • Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 133ff., (1928) 119ff., III (1895) 454ff., (1931) 311ff.
  • Greek *Grote I 219
  • U.S. Baughman
  • Chinese Werner 209. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VII
  • general *Norlind Skattsägner 77f.
  • general Gould Scandinavian Studies and Notes IX (1917) 170 No. 4
  • general Penzer III 133
  • general Smith Dragon 157–165
  • general Finnish-Swedish
  • general Wessman 76, 78 Nos. 632, 657
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 37
  • general Phaedrus IV 21
Within the index

Filed under Deeds of dragons.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Dragon must give up treasure when steel is thrown on him Serpents play with precious green stone Dragon's pearl stolen
Filed beside it
Dragon helps hero out of gratitude Dragon feeds on treasure Dragon guards holy land Dragon guards hermit's food, frightens off robbers Dragon guards bridge to otherworld Dragon eats an ox at every meal Dragon flies to its nest with human being Dragon gnaws the roots of tree Sandalwood tree is guarded by dragon with venomous breath
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dragon from transformed man lying on his treasures (Fáfnir). (Cf. B11.6.2.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean God of water Inexhaustible buckets as source of lakes Form of dragon Dragon as compound animal. (Cf. B14.) Dragon's home in bottom of sea Dragon's visit to sky Dragon's power of self-transformation Dragon's power of magic invisibility Dragon feeds on treasure Dragon as rain-spirit Dragon as power of good

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