Motifs
The narrative atoms
Search in plain words, walk the chapters, or pull a thread.
214 motifs match “dragon” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest · back to the chapters
- Creator with dragon's head. A18.1
- Creator's companions: unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon. A36
- Dragon god. A139.3
- Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean. A162.2
- Dragons in hell. A671.2.5
- Fettered monster as dragon. A1072.4
- Thunder from flying dragon. A1142.2
- Men created from sown dragon's teeth. A1265
- Origin of dragon festival. A1541.4.2
- Why dragon dies by means of fire. A2468.3
- Dragon. B11
- Origin of dragon. B11.1
- Dragon from cock's egg. (Cf. B12.1.) B11.1.1
- Dragon from transformed horse. White horse plunges into water and is changed into a dragon. B11.1.2
- Dragon from transformed man lying on his treasures (Fáfnir). (Cf. B11.6.2.) B11.1.3
- Transformed princess as dragon. B11.1.3.0.1
- Dragon from worm. B11.1.3.1
- Dragon develops from small worm placed on gold. It grows together with the gold. B11.1.3.1.1
- Devil in form of dragon. B11.1.4
- Form of dragon. B11.2
- She-dragon. B11.2.0.1
- Dragon as compound animal. (Cf. B14.) B11.2.1
- Dragon as modified serpent. B11.2.1.1
- Dragon as modified lizard. B11.2.1.2
- Dragon as modified fish. B11.2.1.3
- Dragon as modified shell-fish. B11.2.1.4
- Dragon as modified toad. B11.2.1.5
- Dragon as modified elephant. B11.2.1.6
- Dragon as modified horse. B11.2.1.7
- Dragon as modified ram. B11.2.1.9
- Dragon as modified deer. B11.2.1.10
- Dragon as modified eagle. B11.2.1.11
- Dragon as other modified animal. B11.2.1.12
- Color of dragon. B11.2.2
- Dragon with golden feathers. B11.2.2.1
- Many-headed dragon. (Cf. B15.1.2.) B11.2.3
- Seven-headed dragon. B11.2.3.1
- Three-headed dragon. B11.2.3.2
- Six-headed dragon. B11.2.3.3
- Nine-headed dragon. B11.2.3.4
- Twelve-headed dragon. B11.2.3.5
- Two-headed dragon. B11.2.3.6
- Feet of dragon. B11.2.4
- Feet of dragon – number. B11.2.4.1
- Feet of dragon – nature. B11.2.4.2
- Horns of dragon. B11.2.5
- Wings of dragon. B11.2.6
- Snakes issue from dragon's shoulders. B11.2.7
- Tail of dragon. B11.2.8
- Dragon encircles city with its tail. B11.2.8.1
- Heart of dragon. B11.2.9
- Scales of dragon. B11.2.10
- Fire-breathing dragon. B11.2.11
- Dragon spews venom. B11.2.11.1
- Breath of dragon kills man. B11.2.11.2
- Dragon of enormous size. B11.2.12
- Blood of dragon. B11.2.13
- Blood of dragon venomous. B11.2.13.1
- Dragon with jewel in head. B11.2.14
- Habitat of dragon. B11.3
- Dragon's home in bottom of sea. B11.3.1
- Dragon lives in lake. B11.3.1.1
- Dragon's home beneath waterfall. (Cf. F426.) B11.3.1.2
- Dragon's home at top of mountain. His breath forms clouds to hide the mountain. B11.3.2
- Dragon's visit to sky. B11.3.3
- Dragons live beneath castle. B11.3.4
- Dragon lives under the ground. By his movements a building or village will be dislodged. (Cf. A1070.) B11.3.5
- Dragons live in hell. B11.3.6
- Dragon lives beneath tree. B11.3.7
- Dragon lives in isolated island. B11.3.8
- Dragon's habits. B11.4
- Flying dragon. (Cf. B11.2.1.11.) B11.4.1
- Dragon as giver of omens. B11.4.2
- Sleepless dragon. B11.4.3
- Dragon travels on sea or land. B11.4.4
- Talking dragon. B11.4.5
- Powers of dragon. B11.5
- Dragon's power of self-transformation. B11.5.1
- Dragon's power of magic invisibility. B11.5.2
- Dragon's miraculous vision. Can see a fly miles away. B11.5.3
- Dragon's miraculous speed. B11.5.4
- Self-returning dragon's head. (Cf. B11.2.3, B11.11.2.) B11.5.5
- Deeds of dragons. B11.6
- Dragon helps hero out of gratitude. B11.6.1
- Grateful dragon saves hero and rescues him from prison. B11.6.1.2
- Dragon guards treasure. B11.6.2
- Dragon must give up treasure when steel is thrown on him. B11.6.2.1
- Dragon's pearl stolen. B11.6.2.3
- Dragon feeds on treasure. B11.6.3
- Dragon guards holy land. B11.6.4
- Dragon guards hermit's food, frightens off robbers. B11.6.5
- Dragon guards bridge to otherworld. B11.6.6
- Dragon eats an ox at every meal. B11.6.7
- Dragon flies to its nest with human being. B11.6.8
- Dragon flies away with lion. B11.6.8.1
- Dragon gnaws the roots of tree. B11.6.9
- Sandalwood tree is guarded by dragon with venomous breath. B11.6.10
- Dragon as rain-spirit. B11.7
- Dragon controls water-supply. B11.7.1
- Dragon causes deluge. B11.7.1.1