![]() ![]() Became a great friend of Star after the Eight-Horn Friendship Spell in the prequel The Baby Unicorn.Ī dragon who battles and is slain by Beowulf. He has a wife named Albertina and gains a daughter named Lucky.Ī bronze dragon ridden by F'lar, Weyrleader of Benden Weyr.Ī young dragon named to match the crescent mark on his head. Rode by his sisterwife Rhaenys Targaryen.Ī dragon on a human-free diet who finds and raises an orphaned boy John. May manipulate human minds.Ī baby dragon who befriends the series protagonist Skeeve.Ī dragon who learns the morals from wrongdoing such as lying and bullying.Ī black male dragon buried under ice who breaks free to mate with Tintaglia, a blue dragon, to save the dragon race.Īn Ancient ice dragon who dwells far in the north of Osten Ard.Ī fictional female dragon from the Swedish children's book. The first of the Dragons, and the main antagonist in the tale of The Children of Húrin. The last gold dragon hatched from the first dragon hatching on Pern, and the most influential dragon in Pernese history.Ī green, young, and kind dragon who has Arya as his rider.Īn old, golden, and wise dragon who had Oromis as his rider. Small, underdeveloped dragon given to the Watch of Ankh-Morpork as a mascot by Sybil Ramkin. The largest and most vicious of her three dragons. Orphaned.Ī black-red dragon, hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. Rode by Aegon I Targaryen.Ī wily dragon who loses a battle of wills to Farmer Giles.Īn ancient dragon, whose looted horde provides a tribe of orcs with the means to rise above their cannon-fodder station in the Evil Horde of Darkness.Ī friend of Jane. The greatest dragon in westerosi history. Destroyed by Eärendil during the War of Wrath. Western literature tends either to affirm or pointedly subvert the traditional portrait of dragons from Western myth and folklore, as evil and greedy. It is also an unsurpassed glimpse of attitudes toward late-fourteenth century English court culture, as well as being a literary reflection of it.Main article: List of dragons in literature The poem, comprising (in modern editions) four distinct parts (or “fitts”) in 2,531 lines, contains all of the expected elements of the chivalric quest narrative-the grave challenge and intrepid response, the journey into the unknown and toward self-discovery, the pleasure of amorous pursuits, the combination of martial prowess and religious faith-while also calling into question many conventions and ideals of the romance tradition. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, while neither the first nor the last Arthurian romance of medieval England, is undoubtedly its most polished, accomplished, and courtly emanation. Although the genre came late to England, it quickly became as popular there as on the continent, spurring numerous imitations of French precursors, as well as some truly original works. These Arthurian romances came, in the Middle Ages and in endless variations down to the present day, to be the tales most closely associated with the world of knightly heroism, and Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Camelot, and the Holy Grail have become forever linked with the chivalric quest. Although romances were written concerning early French heroes such as Charlemagne and Roland, and heroes of Antiquity such as Alexander the Great, the most popular and lasting form proved to be those associated with the “Matter of Britain,” or the world of King Arthur and the Round Table. ![]() It is somewhat ironic that many of the characters and settings most associated with French chivalric literature were British in origin. The tales and songs that were told about brave cavaliers and their deeds became popular first in France, and these tales in time made their way to England. The word chivalry entered Middle English in the fourteenth century as a borrowing of the Old French word chevalerie, which referred to knighthood or cavalry, and literally meant soldiers who rode on the back of a horse (Fr. The Chivalric Quest: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The chivalric quest is arguably the literary genre best associated with medieval literature, containing elements of feudal society, knightly combat, courtly love, noble sacrifice and religious introspection.
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