B. Animals
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B11.2.10. Scales of dragon. Chinese: Werner 368.
B11.2.11. Fire-breathing dragon. *Type 300; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 391; Fb. "drage", "gloende" (glowing eyes and tongue), "ild" (fire from mouth). Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: *Boberg.
B16. Devastating animals. B742. Animal breathes fire. D1337.11. Dragon's breath renders hideous. M357.1. Prophecy: fiery bolt from a dragon to kill world population.
B11.2.11.1. Dragon spews venom. Icel.: *Boberg.
F582.2. Man spews venom.
B11.2.11.2. Breath of dragon kills man. Scotland, England: *Baughman; Chinese: Werner 236. — N. A. Indian (Iroquois): BBAE XXX pt. 2, 720 s.v. "Teharonhiawagon".
B14.1. Chimera breathes fire. B16. Devastating animals. B742. Animal breathes fire. D1337.11. Dragon's breath renders hideous. M357.1. Prophecy: fiery bolt from a dragon to kill world population.
B11.2.12. Dragon of enormous size. Jewish: Bin Gorion Born Judas II 170, 349, Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; African (Fang): Einstein 47.
B870. Giant animals. F531. Giant.
B11.2.13. Blood of dragon. Irish myth: Cross.
D1016. Magic blood of animal.
B11.2.13.1. Blood of dragon venomous. Irish myth: Cross.
B776.5. Blood of animal considered venomous.
B11.2.14. Dragon with jewel in head. Irish myth: Cross.
B108.2. Serpent with jewel in head.
B11.3. Habitat of dragon.
B11.3.1. Dragon's home in bottom of sea. Smith Dragon 82. — Chinese: Werner 210 (only in autumn and winter); Icel.: Boberg.
F420. Water-spirits.
B11.3.1.1. Dragon lives in lake. Irish myth: Cross.
B11.3.1.2. Dragon's home beneath waterfall. (Cf. F426.) Icel.: Boberg.
B11.3.2. Dragon's home at top of mountain. His breath forms clouds to hide the mountain. — Smith Dragon 82. — Scotland: Baughman.
B11.3.3. Dragon's visit to sky. Chinese: Werner 210 (only in spring and summer). (Cf. B11.4.1.)
B11.3.4. Dragons live beneath castle. Mediaeval Romance: Wells Manual of Writings 39 (Nennius's Historia Britonum) 42f. (Arthour and Merlin).
B11.3.5. Dragon lives under the ground. By his movements a building or village will be dislodged. (Cf. A1070.) — Zingerle Zs. f. deutsche Mythologie und Sittengeschichte II 347; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 890. — Irish myth: Cross.
F450. Underground spirits.
B11.3.6. Dragons live in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319, 352.
A671. Hell. Lower world of torment. B11.6.4. Dragon guards bridge to otherworld. Q568.2. Sinners in hell swallowed by dragon.
B11.3.7. Dragon lives beneath tree. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 179ff., (1928) 122ff. — Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319.
