Create a 7 page essay paper that discusses Dragons in Western and Eastern Cultures.The first one is about Saint George and the Dragon. This story is classic dragon-story and is also one of the reasons

Create a 7 page essay paper that discusses Dragons in Western and Eastern Cultures.

The first one is about Saint George and the Dragon. This story is classic dragon-story and is also one of the reasons why western dragons are portrayed as savage beasts. During the story the Warrior (St. George) kills beast that lived in the lake near the city because of dragon’s terror and horrible actions towards the dwellers of the city. Of course there were a princess and a mad king, mad because he thought he could calm the dragon down by feeding him with some amount of people from time to time and eventually was forced to give away his daughter, the beautiful princess. But hungry and greedy beast is defeated by abrave hero and the princess is saved. That is a story which becomes a cliché for further stories (Lippincot 16).

The other story is about the dragon named Fafnir who is a characterof Scandinavian and German tales and fables, he also plays anecessary role in the Nibelungs Saga. In this story Fafnir the Dragon protects golden treasure which he thinks is his. That is his main and the only agenda, he is sitting on gold and killing whoever is willing to take it from him. Pretty good motivation for a greedy beast, except for the fact that Fafnirwas not a real dragon but a man transformed after his father`s murder. Fafnir also had brother who was weaker but his brother became a trained a warrior named Sigurdwho killed Fafnir but he did not take the gold because it was cursed (Dragons in Western and Eastern Cultures).