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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.Tolkein
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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. Tolkein'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.




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External Links:
International Literacy Day



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