The lindworm (worm meaning snake, see germanic dragon), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European...

King Lindworm or Prince Lindworm (Danish: Kong Lindorm) is a Danish fairy tale published in the 19th century by Danish folklorist Svend Grundtvig. The...

In Norwegian folklore, Selma is a legendary sea serpent said to live in the 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) Lake Seljord (Seljordsvatnet) in Seljord, Telemark...

the father of Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr who gave his daughter one or two small lindworms which grew so big that he had to promise her to the man who could slay...

light-colored feathers like a sunrise, a serpentine body similar to a lindworm, bat-like wings with feathers covering most of the forearm and often greenish...

transformed birth. In Prince Lindworm, the woman eats two onions but does not peel one, resulting in her first child being a lindworm. In Tatterhood, a woman...

a bower in Västergötland (West Götaland). Her father gave her a small lindworm that grew into a large serpent and encircled the bower. Her father promised...

"huge serpent or dragon". The evolution of wingless and legless worms and lindworms to flying, four-legged romanesque dragons in Germanic folklore and literature...

and Central Europe. For example, there are the many incarnations of the Lindworm. There are tales of a serpent in Icelandic folklore known as the Lagarfljót...

deity Guivre, a legendary creature sometimes depicted as a winged serpent Lindworm, another legendary creature sometimes depicted as a winged serpent Wyvern...