Mythical Monsters

Charles Gould, geological surveyor of Tasmania, spent 400 pages and 93 engravings arguing that dragons, sea-serpents and unicorns are not inventions but memories — real animals, seen, feared, and distorted by time.

The Japanese Dragon

3 pages in this part of Mythical Monsters.

The Japanese Dragon

THERE is but little additional information as to the dragon to be gained from Japan, the traditions relating to it in that country having…

The Japanese Dragon: Idzumo

FIG. 61.-JAPANESE DRAGON (IN BBONZE). • We The second legend is : "When the So-sa-no-o no mikoto went to the sources of the river…

The Japanese Dragon: China

The third story runs as follows :- The White Dragon. "There is a very large pond at the eastern part of Fu-simi-shi-ro-yama, at Yama-shiro…

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