Famous Literary Dragons
Here are some of the famous dragons etc from various
books, written stories and poems. This selection is extracted from the main
dragon names list.- Chrysophylax
The dragon from the story "Father Giles of Ham" by J.R.R.Tolkien
Chrysophylax Information
- Custard
The cowardly dragon from Ogden Nash's poem "The Tale of Custard the Dragon"
- Glaurung
A fire breathing dragon from J.R.R Tolkien's Middle Earth saga, known as "The Deceiver".
- Griaule
A massive dragon from the work of Lucius Shephard, Griaule was frozen in place by an ancient spell.
- Icefyre
One of the two remaining dragons from the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb. The other is Tintglia.
- Norbert
Hagrid's baby dragon in the Harry Potter tales
- Pern Dragon
Many different dragons of various colours from the Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey
- Prothero
The dragon from 'Looking For Ilyriand' by Jay Ashton.
- Romanian Longhorn
A type of dragon from the Harry Potter novels. It has dark green scales and a long golden horn.
- Saphira
Eragon's blue dragon from Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" novel trilogy.
- Scatha
A long-worm from the Grey Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, known as "Scatha the Worm".
- Smaug
In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit", Smaug lived in a cavern in the Lonely Mountain where he guarded his treasure.
- Tintaglia
One of the two remaining dragons from the Tawny Man book trilogy by Robin Hobb. The other is Icefyre.
