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Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places |
Lindworm
| Description | Small
dragon with no wings.
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| Also Called | Lindorm,
Lind-wurm
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| Reported by | Marco
Polo- Marco Polo
reported seeing lindworms on the steppes of Central Asia.
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| Additional Info |
"Lindorm" were supposedly
very large and ate cattle and bodies. They would also invade churches
and churchyards. In legend, as told in the Niebelungen Lied, the hero Siegfried conquered a "lind-wurm" that lived near the town of Worms in Germany. Another German tale from the 1200's tells of a lindworm that lived near Klagenfurt. Flooding threatened travelers along the river, and the presence of a dragon was blamed. The story tells that a Duke offered a reward for anyone who could catch it, so some young men tied a bull to a chain, and when the lindworm swallowed the bull, it was hooked like a fish, and killed. In 1335, when the skull of a wooly rhinoceros was found in a cave nearby, it was believed to be a dragon's skull.
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Der Klagenfurter
Lindwurm
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