Two Representations of the Dragon Slain by Saint Michael

Lambert de Saint-Omer , 1250–1275
Diocèse de Cambrai
BnF, département des Manuscrits, Latin 8865 fol. 39
Photo © Bibliothèque Nationale de France
How did fantasy writers combine the two influences, Eastern and Western? One solution is to make them cohabit within the same world: in Dungeons & Dragons, a key reference, there is a multitude of dragons, some benign, others evil. The creature can remain ambivalent, both fearsome and fascinating, as the Hogwarts motto reminds us (never tickle a sleeping dragon!).
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