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(More customer reviews)I've never understood what all that the dragons that keep turning up in fiction books were supposed to represent. Knowing the backgrounds of their appearance and what purpose they're meant to accomplish in a story or perhaps even a life has helped me understand where, why, and how people through many ages have used these representations of mythical creatures for their own purposes. Even the colors show us some of what must go on in the minds of the "beholders" of the characters as they appear on the written pages of this informative book. It's written in understandable and useful ways to help folks like me with small knowledge of the matter come to a better grasp of the reasons for the dragons appearances. Legends have a way of becoming very real to us poor ordinary and uninformed everyday citizens of this world.
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The greatest dragon myths from the depths of tradition, and from dragon-fearing countries all around the globe, are presented in a magnificently illustrated collectible edition. Each tale is punctuated with panels of dragon lore written by one of the world's leading dragon scholars, to explain the beliefs behind the fantastical best at its centre, and framed with historical and cultural explications to take the reader beneath the dragon's scales to its dark, impenetrable heart. To complete the quest for fully formed dragons, the myths are illustrated with a compendium of the most magnificent paintings from history, which show how the mere mention of dragons has inspired creativity in so many cultures. This is not merely a collection of dragon stories but a historical treasure trove of the finest dragon paintings, engravings, maps, sculptures, architecture, ornaments and jewels: the visual feast that any mythology adventurer would expect to find at the end of their dragon quest.Jonathan Evans, Associate Professor of English at the University of Georgia, has published extensively on the mythology of the dragon-slayer and the dragon myth, focusing primarily on dragon-lore in Beowulf, The Saga of the Volsungs and other early Germanic literature.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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