Season 5 begins with Born of Fire. For this season we are diving into the medieval Bestiaries to discover the strange and familiar creatures that lie within its pages. In this episode we’re exploring the creatures that are associated with fire, with the main focus being that well-loved and feared mythical creature, the dragon.
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References:
Barber, Richard (1993) Bestiary MS Bodley 764, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
Beowulf in Old English - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version
Bilingual Beowulf, translator unknown - https://www.mit.edu/~jrising/webres/beowulf.pdf
Borges, Jorge Luis, (2002) The Book Of Imaginary Beings, Vintage
Of Dragons and Diminutive Elephants by Riley Black (Accessed 2024) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/of-dragon-diets-and-diminutive-elephants
Remedies Derived From The Dragon – (accessed 2024) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137%3Abook%3D29%3Achapter%3D20
The Medieval Bestiary: Dragon – (accessed 2024) https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource262.htm
Videen, Hana (2021) The word Hord: Daily Life in Old English, Profile Books
Music & Sound Effects
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