Review : The Penguin Book of Dragons

I continue my mythology binge-reading with this delightful but unfortunately-titled little book. It sounds like an entertaining read for young children but it's actually a collection of translations of dragons stories across the world since the beginning of recorded history. Some are, it must be said, dreadfully dull, while others constitute high myth. In this first part I summarise the mostly-boring warning messages, the anecdotal traveller's tales, and the weird off-the-wall surreal stuff like a giant farting dragon and a monster that shoots flaming poo. Next time I'll look at the more interesting stuff.

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