Dragons

Dragons are legendary creatures, typically with serpentine or otherwise reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures.

There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other Asian countries.

The traditional European dragon is a large reptilian creature with wings who lives in underground caves filled with treasure. They can breathe fire.

Chinese dragons are more serpentine in shape who possess
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Blood Bound (Cursed Covenant, #1)
Thistlemarsh
An Accident of Dragons (Tales of Summer, #1)
Bloodsinger (The Fire That Binds, #2)
Stay for a Spell
There Be Dragons Here (Tales of Aedrea)
Shadow Trials (Heartless Gods, #1)
Cast in Blood: A Chronicles of Elantra Novel
Masquerade (Knight & Daywalker #3)
No Gods No Kings
Skyshattered (Storm Dragons, #3)
Starside
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
The Faraway Inn
The Library of Amorlin (The Age of Beasts, #1)
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When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Empire of Flame and Thorns (Flame and Thorns, #1)
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Court of Lies and Deceit (Flame and Thorns, #3)
Realm of Wind and Vines (Flame and Thorns, #4)
The Faraway Inn
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Blood Bound (Cursed Covenant, #1)
Cinder Vale (Sins of the Zodiac, #3)
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The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
Every Spiral of Fate (This Woven Kingdom, #4)
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Ursula K. Le Guin
I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

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