[[beings]], [[monsters]], [[narrative-hero-slays-dragon]] | [[beings-negative]] --- As you can tell by the page title, this topic gets...*tangled*. I'll do some #cleanup in the future. They have a [negative conotation](beings-negative.md), which can range from evil dragon to disease-causing worms. ## Etymology - PIE "worm" `*u̯erm-` - Grk. `hrómos` ("wood worm") - Lat. `vermis` ("?") - PIE `*He/ogᵘ̯ʰi-` ("snake, dragon") - Skr. `áhi-` - Grk. `ékʰis` - PIE `*h₂engᵘ̯ʰi-` ("eel, snake") - Grk. `égkʰelus` ("eel") - Lat. `anguis` ("snake") `anguilla` ("eel") [[▲Narratives]] [[serpent-worm-eel-snake]] [[chaoskampf]] --- ## Narratives [[narrative-hero-slays-giant-serpent]] ## Poetics [[formulas--worms]] ## Scholarship [[slade2008]] [[y-berezkin2014a]] [[sterckx-oudaer2015]] [[dhuy2016]] [[merceron2018]] [[rolinson2019-9-11]] [[rolinson2019-9-11]] ## By Branch ### Armenian [[armenian-vahagn]] vs [[vishap]] ### Classical [[ogden2013-sourcebook]] ### Norse [[grierson1922]] - One dragon, in the story of sigurd, was originally a human, and brother to another human who could change into an otter. ### Anglo Saxon [[draca]] ### Celtic [[nagy-j2018]] [[snakes-celtic]] [[celtic-serpent-dragon]] ## Indic [[indic-snakes]] [[central-asian-snakes]] ## In the Bible [[batto1992]] ## Web Resources [Wikipedia: Dragon: PIE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon#Proto-Indo-European) [ie-connection: Dragon](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/religion/creatures/dragon) [ie-connection: Mighty Serpent](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/religion/creatures/mighty-serpent) [ie-connection: Snake](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/words/snake) [ie-connection: Worm](https://www.indo-european-connection.com/words/worm)