List of dragons

For a list of people with the dragon zodiac sign, see Dragon (zodiac), for the south east Asian lizard, see Komodo Dragon.

Table of contents

1 Dragons in legends and mythology 2 Dragons in literature 3 Dragons in radio 4 Dragons in television 5 Dragons in film 6 Dragons in comics and puppetry 7 Dragons in songs 8 Dragons in video games 9 Dragons in role-playing games 10 Related topics 11 External links

Dragons in legends and mythology

• Aido-Hwedo the Rainbow Serpent of Dahoney mythology
• Apalala, a mythical river dragon who was converted to Buddhism
• Azhi Dahaki from Persian mythology
• Apep or Apophis the giant snake or serpent from Egyptian mythology
• Fafnir, transformed dragon (Norse mythology)
• Illuyankas from Turkish mythology
• Ladon from Greek mythology
• Nidhogg (also Nidhoggr) (the 'Dread Biter') and Jormungand the Midgard's Worm from Norse mythology
• Quetzalcoatl from Aztec mythology has a dragon-like aspect
• the Tarasque, tamed by Saint Martha
• Tiamat and Apsu from Babylonian mythology are sometimes considered dragons
• Smok Wawelski (the Wawel Dragon) from Polish mythology, was killed by a clever shoemaker's apprentice.
• Xiuhcoatl is a serpent from Aztec mythology
• Yam-nahar from Canaanite mythology
• Zu from Sumerian mythology
• the unnamed, five-headed dragon subdued by the Buddhist goddess Benzaiten
• the unnamed dragon (referred to by the Saxon dracan and wyrm) defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Additionally, Grendel and his mother are sometimes described as dragons.
• as a child the prophet Merlin was to be sacrificed to a red dragon and a white dragon, but won his freedom by foreseeing their battle and the victory of the red dragon.
• the unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George

• Ancalagon the Black in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Glaurung, the first of the dragons in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
• Scatha, from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
• Smaug, in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The (genetically engineered) Dragons of Pern from the novels by Anne McCaffrey
• Griaule, a gigantic dragon, paralyzed and moribund yet still capable of casting a baleful influence, in stories by Lucius Shepard
• Jabberwock, likely a dragon, in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass
• Falkor, the luck dragon, and Smerg, an evil dragon, in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
• Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon, in Tea with the Black Dragon and Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy
• Norbert, Hagrid's baby dragon, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Various unnamed adult dragons in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
• The Reluctant Dragon, from the story of the same name by Kenneth Grahame
• Various dragons in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, notably The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards
• Various dragons in the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels
• Various dragons in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels
• Unnamed dragons (there used to be three: two males and one female but the males killed each other in the first mating season leaving the female alone for millennia) in The Belgariad and The Malloreon series of fantasy novels by David and Leigh Eddings.
• A depiction of a Chinese dragon as the sigil of the Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon, in The Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan.
• Chrestomanci's pet dragon (rescued from poachers who killed its mother), in Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
• The two-headed dragon in the Pelmen the Powershaper series by Robert Don Hughes
• Various Dragons from Susan Fletcher's Flight of the Dragon Kyn novels. Names like Byrn, Pyro, etc.
• The dragons of Wyvernwood from the Dragonkin series by Robin Wayne Bailey.

• Trorg, the Last Amber Dragon in Hordes of the Things
• The blue sock-stealing dragons in Hordes of the Things, which survive and steal even unto this day

• Dulcy, in Sonic the Hedgehog
• Gerry the Idgit Dragon, in Warner Brothers cartoons (Mel Blanc was the voice)
• Grisu, the little dragon (animated series)
• The Ice Dragon, in Noggin the Nog
• Orville, from Captain Kangaroo
• Pongo, in Oswald
• Spot, the pet dragon in The Munsters
• The Soup Dragon from The Clangers
• Hakuryu, Cho Hakkai's dragon in the anime series Gensomaden Saiyuki
• The characters from the American children's series Dragon Tales
• The Pocket Dragons in Pocket Dragon Adventures
• various Transformers, notably Megatron
• The Dragons of the Dragon Drive, including Chibisuke a baby white dragon.

• Danny the Dragon, from the movie of the same name
• Devon and Cornwall (a two-headed dragon), played by Eric Idle and Don Rickles in Quest for Camelot
• Draco in Dragonheart and Drake in
• Elliot, in The Search for Mickey Mouse
• Mushu in Disney's Mulan (animation)
• Haku in Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away
• Vermithrax Pejorative in Touchstone Pictures Dragonslayer
• Unnamed dragon in George Pal's Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
• Unnammed dragon in Ray Harryhausen's Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
• Fafnir in Fritz Lang's
• Large numbers of unnamed dragons in Touchstone Pictures Reign of Fire
• Norbert in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Elliot in Disney's Pete's Dragon (animation)
• Maleficent in dragon form in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (animation)
• Unnamed two-headed dragon in Lucas' Willow (unofficially dubbed "the Eborsisk" in honor of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel)
• Falkor in Petersen's The Neverending Story
• Unnamed six-legged dragon in Hallmark's Merlin (TV movie)
• Two small unnamed dragons in Hallmark's Arabian Nights (TV movie)
• Unnamed dragon in Hallmark's Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie)
• The female dragon called Dragon in DreamWorks' Shrek (animation)
• Unnamed dragon in The Pagemaster (animation)

• The Great Red Dragon and his colleagues, in Jeff Smith's Bone
• The eight baby dragon brothers in the web comic Dragon Tails by Tim Dawson.

• Trogdor
• Puff the Magic Dragon

• Spyro the Dragon
• Bahamut of various games
• Neo-Bahamut and Bahamut Zero of Final Fantasy VII
• Arokh, of
• Unnamed Dragon from
• Various Pokémon, including Dragonite and Charizard

• numerous varieties of dragons in Dungeons & Dragons; see dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)
• various Great Western dragons and others in Earthdawn
• various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in Shadowrun

• European dragon, Chinese dragon
• List of fictional dinosaurs
• Index of fictional species
• Pickled dragon, a hoax

• Dracopedia - Encyclopedia of Dragons
• Draganorama - Famous Dragon Names