[[▲Narratives]] According to [[witzel]] there are two kinds of dragon (i.e. giant reptile) slaying narratives: - [[narrative-hero-slays-giant-reptile]] - [[narrative-hero-slays-giant-serpent]] - [[narrative-hero-slays-giant-lizard]] Hero slays dragon, slays worm, slays demon, etc. Combat myth. [Wikipedia: PIE Serpent Slaying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-mythology#Serpent-slaying-myth) Sometimes this narrative became a [[creation-cosmogony]] by becoming fused with the [[chaoskampf]] narrative. Often this hero slays serpents (or dragons). Other times demons. [[hero-slays-demon]] ## Biblio [[willms2018]] [[fontenrose1959]] [[watkins1995]] [[anghelina2013]] [[seweryn2013]] [[petrosyan2017]] [[wikander-ola2017-from]] [[wikander-ola2017-unburning]] [[campbell1911]] [[rolinson-series-mythlingwar]] [[rolinson2019-12-18]] [[rolinson2019-07-29]] [[vaz2000]] Cinderella ## Non-IE Parallels (Bible, etc.) The Near East had its [own](narrative--neareastern-hero-slays-monster.md) hero-slays monster myth. It interacted with the IE world during the development Christianity. See [[st-george]]