Dragons

maiden in dragonform

Stith Thompson Tale Type index

Maiden in Dragonform can also refer to Snake Maiden transformation narrative or the Anti Aarne Serpent Damsel folktale motif Robert Lambe was a 18th century English Vicar and antiquarian who discovered a manuscript attributed to a Cheviot Hills bard named Duncan Frasier titled The Laidley Worm of Spindlestone Heughs Karen Smith gave a talk at Berkley University in 2000 where she made a case that the European maiden in dragonform folktales have a common ancestor called [Lanzelet ]]a Middle High German minnesang dating from 1194 onwards written by a Swiss bard