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Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Zmey
Slavic / Eastern European
Region
Eastern Europe
Era
Kievan-cycle roots, recorded 18th–19th c.
Collection note
WDD-SLV-001
These dragons do not always dwell in castles. In the byliny, Zmey Gorynych is a fire-breathing, multi-headed abductor slain by bogatyrs like Dobrynya Nikitich; elsewhere it belongs to storm, swamp, and folktale fear, embodying nature's unpredictable wrath.
Role
Folkloric storm-dragon embodying untamed elemental threat
Catalog no.
WDD-SLV-001
Series
Atlas Archive
These dragons do not always dwell in castles. Some belong to storm, swamp, and folktale fear.
Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Zmey
Slavic / Eastern European
Region
Eastern Europe
Era
Kievan-cycle roots, recorded 18th–19th c.
Collection note
WDD-SLV-001
These dragons do not always dwell in castles. In the byliny, Zmey Gorynych is a fire-breathing, multi-headed abductor slain by bogatyrs like Dobrynya Nikitich; elsewhere it belongs to storm, swamp, and folktale fear, embodying nature's unpredictable wrath.
Role
Folkloric storm-dragon embodying untamed elemental threat
Catalog no.
WDD-SLV-001
Series
Atlas Archive
These dragons do not always dwell in castles. Some belong to storm, swamp, and folktale fear.