Famous Literary Dragons
Here are some of the famous dragons etc from various books, written stories and poems
. This selection is extracted from the main dragon names list.
The dragon from the story "Father Giles of Ham" by J.R.R.Tolkien
The cowardly dragon from Ogden Nash's poem "The Tale of Custard the Dragon"
A fire breathing dragon from J.R.R Tolkien's Middle Earth saga, known as "The Deceiver".
A massive dragon from the work of Lucius Shephard, Griaule was frozen in place by an ancient spell.
One of the two remaining dragons from the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb. The other is Tintglia.
Hagrid's baby dragon in the Harry Potter tales
- Pern Dragon
Many different dragons of various colours from the Pern novels of Anne McCaffrey
The dragon from 'Looking For Ilyriand' by Jay Ashton.
- Romanian Longhorn
A type of dragon from the Harry Potter novels. It has dark green scales and a long golden horn.
Eragon's blue dragon from Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" novel trilogy.
A long-worm from the Grey Mountains in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, known as "Scatha the Worm".
In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit", Smaug lived in a cavern in the Lonely Mountain where he guarded his treasure.
One of the two remaining dragons from the Tawny Man book trilogy by Robin Hobb. The other is Icefyre.