Guivre
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Guivre and vouivre are French names for a type of serpentine mythical creature, by extension a dragon, by some accords, equivalent to a lindworm or wyvern. The names can be used synonymously for the s
Vouivre. Liber Floridus, 1448.
Lindworm
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The lindworm, also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster which lives deep
Italian depictions of lindworm-esque dragons (1650)
King Lindworm according to Danish painter Niels Skovgaard (1910)
In comparison to Sweden, which largely kept the serpentine origin of the lindworm, Early Medieval carvings of Lindworms at Urnes Stave Church in Norway, show winged bipedal chimera designs more in line with Central European lindworms and conventional dragons