Rowling, and A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. These dragons appear frequently in western fantasy literature, including The Hobbit by J. They are often said to have ravenous appetites and to live in caves, where they hoard treasure. In western cultures, dragons are portrayed as monsters to be tamed or overcome, usually by saints or culture heroes, as in the popular legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The popular western image of a dragon is likely based on a conflation of earlier dragons from different traditions, and of inaccurate scribal drawings of snakes. Famous prototypical draconic creatures include the mušḫuššu of ancient Mesopotamia Apep in Egyptian mythology Vṛtra in the Rigveda the Leviathan in the Hebrew Bible Grand'Goule in the Poitou region in France Python, Ladon, Wyvern, Kulshedra in Albanian Mythology ,and the Lernaean Hydra in Greek mythology Jörmungandr, Níðhöggr, and Fafnir in Norse mythology and the dragon from Beowulf. Stories about storm-gods slaying giant serpents occur throughout nearly all Indo-European and Near Eastern mythologies. Draconic creatures are first described in the mythologies of the ancient Near East and appear in ancient Mesopotamian art and literature. The earliest attested reports of draconic creatures resemble giant snakes. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. If you read the first one and love it, you will have many others to keep you entertained.Dragon-shaped bows on ships in Ystad, Sweden resembling Viking longshipsĪ dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide.
WIngs of Fire is a fantasy-fiction series that includes 12 books. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy. I found this book interesting because it is filled with fighting, betrayal, secrecy, and adventure. Can they come up with a plan? Can they escape? Will they all live? You will need to read this book to find out. If the dragonets want to live, they must come up with a plan quickly, or else their blood will spill like so many others on Queen Scarlet’s arena sands. The Skywings make them do awful things, like fight other dragons to the death. They are quickly captured by the Skywings. The dragonets succeed in escaping from their minders, but freedom doesn’t last long. These minders are older dragons who have been chosen to guard and protect the dragonets. The main problem in this book is that the Dragonets of Destiny need to end the war and bring peace to their home but they can’t begin to do this until they escape from their underground prison where they are being guarded by three minders. Of three queens blister blaze and burn two shall die and one shall learn if she bows to a fate that is stronger and higher shell have the powers of wings of fire.įive eggs to hatch on a brightest night, Five dragons born to end the fight Darkness will rise to bring the light. Wings of night will come to you.įind the largest egg on the mountain high will give to you the wings of sky.įor wings of earth search through the mud for an egg the color of dragon blood.Īnd hidden alone from the rival queens the wings of sand waits unseen. When the land is soaked with blood and tears… the dragonets will come.įind the seawing egg of deepest blue.
When the war has lasted 20 years … the dragonets will come. The Dragonets of Destiny were selected for this task because of the Nightwing Prophecy. They are the Dragonets of Destiny, and they have been chosen to end the war of Sandwing Succession. The main characters of this book are Sunny, Starflight, Glory, Clay, and Tsunami. It is called that because when the Sandwing Queen Oasis died, her three daughters, the Princesses Burn, Blister, and Blaze, fought for possession of the throne. The dragon tribes are currently fighting a war called the Sandwing Succession. They are the Seawings, the Ice wings, the Mudwings, the Skywings, the Sandwings, the Rainwings, and the Nightwings. Pyrrhia is a continent in a mystical world entirely inhabited by dragons. This story takes place in the land of Pyrrhia.