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B11.6.2.3. Dragon's pearl stolen. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 233 No. 181.
B11.6.3. Dragon feeds on treasure. Oberwallis: Jegerlehner 321 No. 75; Chinese: Werner 210.
B11.6.4. Dragon guards holy land. Irish myth: Cross.
B11.6.5. Dragon guards hermit's food, frightens off robbers. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
B11.6.6. Dragon guards bridge to otherworld. Icel.: *Boberg.
B11.3.6. Dragons in hell. F152. Bridge to otherworld. F721.2.2. Monster guards door of habitable hill.
B11.6.7. Dragon eats an ox at every meal. Icel.: Boberg.
B11.6.8. Dragon flies to its nest with human being. Icel.: *Boberg.
B31.2.2. The bird Gam flies away with human being. R13. Abduction by animal.
B11.6.8.1. Dragon flies away with lion. Icel.: *Boberg.
B11.11.6. Dragon fight in order to free lion.
B11.6.9. Dragon gnaws the roots of tree. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 332.
B11.6.10. Sandalwood tree is guarded by dragon with venomous breath. India: Thompson-Balys.
B776. Venomous animals.
B11.7. Dragon as rain-spirit. Smith Dragon 1, 78, 82, 90. — Chinese: Werner 208.
A287. Rain-god.
B11.7.1. Dragon controls water-supply. Hindu: Keith, Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.
A1111. Impounded water. Water is kept by a monster so that mankind cannot use it. F420.4.9. Water-spirit controls water-supply.
B11.7.1.1. Dragon causes deluge. China: Eberhard FFC CXX 233 No. 181.
B11.7.2. Dragon guards lake. Penzer VII 235 N. 2; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
B11.8. Dragon as power of good. Smith Dragon 82, 97. — Chinese: Werner 208ff., Graham. Icel.: Boberg.
B11.9. Dragon as power of evil. So considered everywhere except in the East, where are also found beneficent dragons. — Smith Dragon 82. — Irish myth; Chinese: Werner 208 (introduced by the Buddhists).
B11.10. Sacrifice of human being to dragon. *Type 300; Penzer VII 236, 240; Dickson Valentine and Orson 226f.; Gaster Thespis 176; Hartland Legend of Perseus passim; Fb "drage", "pige". — Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 34; Persian: Carnoy 320; India: *Thompson-Balys; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "exposition"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXXIX 17; Missouri French: Carrière; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 41; Japanese: Anesaki 249.
B16.6. Giant devastating serpent. R111.1.3. Rescue of princess (maiden) from dragon. S262. Periodic sacrifices to a monster.
B11.10.0.1. Sacrifice of animals to dragon. Irish myth: Cross.
V12.4. Animal as sacrifice.
B11.10.1. Dragon keeps maiden tied with golden chain. Köhler-Bolte I 128.
