V is for the Volsunga Saga Moving (slowly but surely) right along in my 2017 AtoZ Challenge, we’ll examine another story from ancient mythology — this time travelling to Scandinavia, to examine the legendary 12th-13th century Norse prose poem that includes the slaying of the dragon Fafnir by the hero Sigurd in the Volsunga Saga. The full Volsungs Saga has been translated…
T is for the Temeraire Saga I know it’s called the April 2017 AtoZ Challenge, but I’m going to finish my Dragons in Our Fandoms series at my own pace, and I hope you’ll indulge me! I took a week off, but for this second week of May, let’s take a look at a series that was brand new…
Tonight’s great artwork comes from Chilean professional artist Gonzalo Ordóñez Arias, posting as Genzoman, and this first piece is called The Dragon. At first I was just drawn in by Gonzalo’s epic art style, and after browsing his gallery, I found he’s drawn many more dragons as well, some of which I’ll share below. But…
Welcome to the first day of the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: A is for Ancient Snake-Dragon I thought I would start off my daily A to Z posts with a very ancient dragon image, the Snake-Dragon symbol of the god Marduk. From the impressive archive of the Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses Project funded by the UK Higher Education…
Today is the last Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for a Random Writing — something I’ve found in my archives of completed works that I’d like to share, that may or may not have anything to do with Finding Dragons. I’ve chosen an essay I’m particularly proud of from 2012 about a book I…
Today I want to share a great piece I read about why we read and write fantasy that really struck a chord with me. I admit, I’ve often felt my own story isn’t “fantastical” enough on this first pass through, because I’m also trying to portray real cultures (the hunter-gatherers, the river culture, the City-State, etc.), but…
Just look at this amazing artwork from ancient Mesopotamia, of the hero/king/god Ninurta fighting a seven-headed dragon! The above image is a clearer rendering of the 5000-year-old carved-shell original piece below. I found this on fellow blogger Wayne Ferrebee‘s site ferrebeekeeper: Reflections Concerning Art, Nature, and the Affairs of Humankind (also some gardening anecdotes). (His blog looks amazing, so I…
It was a busy day today, so I’m only carving out some writing time now at 11pm, but I hope you’ll forgive me if the writing turns out as well as I hope it will! This isn’t exactly a prompt per say, but the idea hit me like a bolt of lightning after I read…
My post from yesterday had me thinking about maps, and a quick Google of “dragon maps” gave me some neat results worth further digging into, but also reminded me that the phrase “Here be dragons” is thought to have been used on early maps to describe unknown or uncharted territory. I’ve always thought the phrase was…
Today’s arwork is called “My Determined Dragon” by Carolyn LeGrand. Find more of her wonderful work at that link. I’m determined today. Here is today’s daily prompt from WordPress’s Daily Post… Key Takeaway Give your newer sisters and brothers-in-WordPress one piece of advice based on your experiences blogging. If you’re a new blogger, what’s one…
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