Someone came to the Wordhoard today by Googling this phrase: "Was there such thing as a dragon in medieval times?"
As a public service, let me answer that question.
No.
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Unless you count the Loch Ness Monster of course :-) Vita Columbae, cap. 28...
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ReplyDeleteNext you'll tell me there's no Easter Bunny.
What? But "Welsh dragon" is the number 1 search term to find Heavenfield!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Jennifer...just look at the Welsh flag and you'll see all the proof you need for medieval dragons. :-) All those lovely caves in Wales that belch blue flames and nasty smells are all the proof good medieval folk needed that a dragon lurked there.
(Ignore those folks who say its methane given off by coal that sometimes catches fire...what do they know.)
I still like to believe that the chronicler for the year 793 of The Anglo-Saxon Chonicle actually saw the "fiery dragons... seen flying in the air" of which he wrote.
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