Examining how dragons are portrayed in the epic masterworks, Beowulf (Old English), Volsunga saga (Icelandic), Das Nibelungenlied (Middle High German), and þiðrekr saga af Bern (Old Norwegian), Joyce Tally Lionarons explores the relationship between the dragons of medieval Germanic literature and the chaos monsters of Indo-European myth.
Examining how dragons are portrayed in Beowulf, Vǫlsunga saga, Das Nibelungenlied, and Þiðrekr saga af Bern, Lionarons explores the relationship between the dragons of medieval Germanic literature and the monsters of Indo-European myth.