List of dragons

For a list of people with the dragon zodiac sign, see Dragon (Zodiac).

Table of contents

1 Dragons in Legends and Mythology
2 Dragons in Literature
3 Dragons in Radio
4 Dragons in Television
5 Dragons in Film
6 Dragons in Comics and Puppetry
7 Dragons in Songs
8 Dragons in Video Games
9 Related Topics

Dragons in Legends and Mythology

Apalala, a mythical river dragon who was converted to Buddhism
Fafnir, transformed dragon (Norse mythology)
the unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George
the unnamed dragon (referred to by the Saxon dracan and wyrm) defeated by Beowulf and Wiglaf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
the Tarasque, tamed by Saint Martha.
An unnamed, five-headed dragon subdued by the Buddhist goddess Benzaiten
As a child the prophet Merlin was to be sacrificed to a red dragon and a white dragon, but won his freedom by foreseeing their battle and the victory of the red dragon.
Tiamat and Apsu from Babylonian mythology are sometimes considered dragons
Zu from Sumerian mythology
Azhi Dahaki from Persian mythology
Illuyankas from Turkish mythology
Yam-nahar from Canaanite mythology
Apophis from Egyptian mythology
Nidhogg (the 'Dread Biter') and Jormungand the Midgard's Worm from Norse mythology
Ladon from Greek mythology
Quetzalcoatl from Aztec mythology has a dragon-like aspect

Ancalagon the Black and Glaurung the Golden in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
The (genetically engineered) Dragons of Pern from the novels by Anne McCaffrey
Griaule, a gigantic dragon, paralyzed and moribund yet still capable of casting a baleful influence, in stories by Lucius Shepard
Jabberwock, likely a dragon, in Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking-Glass
Falkor, the luck dragon in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon, in Tea with the Black Dragon and Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy
Norbert, Hagrid's dragon baby in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Various unnamed adult dragons in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
The Reluctant Dragon, from the story of the same name by Kenneth Grahame
Smaug, in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Various dragons in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, notably The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards
Various dragons in the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels
Various dragons in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels
Unnamed dragons (there used to be three: two males and one female but the males killed each other in the first mating season leaving the female alone for millennia) in The Belgariad and The Malloreon series of fantasy novels by David and Leigh Eddings.
A depiction of a Chinese dragon as the sigil of the Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon, in The Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan.

Trorg, the Last Amber Dragon in Hordes of the Things
The blue sock-stealing dragons in Hordes of the Things, which survive and steal even unto this day

Draco in Dragonheart and Drake in Dragonheart II: A New Beginning
Mushu in Disney's Mulan (animation)
Haku in Spirited Away
Vermithrax Pejorative in Touchstone Pictures Dragonslayer
Unnamed dragon in George Pal's Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Unnammed dragon in Ray Harryhausen's Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Fafnir in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen Part 1: Siegfried
Large numbers of unnamed dragons in Touchstone Pictures Reign of Fire
Norbert in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Elliot in Disney's Pete's Dragon (animation)
Maleficent in dragon form in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (animation)
Unnamed two-headed dragon in Lucas' Willow (unofficially dubbed "the Eborsisk" in honor of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel)
Falkor in Petersen's The Neverending Story
Unnamed six-legged dragon in Hallmark's Merlin (TV movie)
Two small unnamed dragons in Hallmark's Arabian Nights (TV movie)
Unnamed dragon in Hallmark's Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie)