List of Fictional Dragons in Literature

Everyone seems to want a list, whether they are going shopping or pursuing fictional dragons in literature. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dragons in Literature * Ancalader, the dragon bonded to Jermayan in The Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. * Ancalagon the Black in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien * Ashlermill, from the fantasy series Blood of Our Fathers, a Native American dragon slain by cowboy Dance Drier. * Auron (later AuRon), the gray, scaleless dragon from the Age of Fire series by E. E. Knight. Also included are Natasatch (his mate), Irelia (his green mother), AuRel (his bronze father), Jizara (green sister), Wistala (green sister), NooMoahk (black dragon), Rugaard (copper dragon), and many others. * Avatre and several others in the Dragon Jousters series by Mercedes Lackey. * Azhdeen, a dragon belonging to Pol in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series * Belial, one of the Firstborn angels in Steven Brust's novel To Reign in Hell, takes the form of a colossal, insane dragon living beneath a volcanic mountain range. * The Old English epic Beowulf ends with the hero battling a dragon. * Bitterwood: The Legend Lives is a book about dragons enslaving mankind. Author James Maxey * DragonForge: A Novel of the Dragon Age is the second book based on dragons enslaving mankind and their full-scale rebellion against the dragon king. The Author is James Maxey * Bryagh, a major character in The Dragon and The George novel by Gordon R. Dickson. Large powerful member of the Cliffside dragons who joins the Dark Powers. * Byrn, Pyro, Embyr, Synge, and others from Susan Fletcher's Flight of the Dragon Kyn novels. * Boldizar, and other dragons from Mark. E Cooper's The Devan Chronicle's novels.and slso pokemon dragons such as rayquaza. * Callybog, Smoking dragon that smells of rancid meat. From Blake Clerico's Adventures of Darkhand Man * Celisse, Metta, Gymn, and others from DragonSpell, DragonQuest, DragonKnight, DragonFire, and DragonLight by Donita K. Paul. * Chrysophylax Dives, in Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien * Clefspeare, Hartanna, Firedda and others in Dragons in Our Midst series by Bryan Davis * Cyan Bloodbane, a green dragon from dragonlance universe * Cumber, Fortune, Wraith and many other dragon characters from the Dragoncharm trilogy by Graham Edwards * Dragons in the Deltora Quest's third installment are portrayed as very intelligent and proud; as being divided into seven distinct tribes; as having the capacity to reproduce by parthenogenesis; and as each having a virtue to which it adheres, such as Strength, Honor, Luck, Faith, Hope, Joy, and Truth. * Dorian di Drago, a 40 foot tall mural-painting dragon in Collinsfort Village by Joe Ekaitis * Dragon Wood of Bitterwood * Dirk Dilly of Dragon Detective Agency * Eberron, one of the progenitor dragons in novels set in the world of Eberron created by Keith Baker. Eberron's bones compose the world. * The various Gem Dragons in Deltora Quest 3. * Greer, a blue dragon in the "DragonQuest", "DragonKnight", and "DragonFire" by Donita K. Paul. * Green Serpent, a green dragon in a French fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy in 1698. * Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal, the dragons hatched by Daenerys Targaryen in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and the CCG based on the books. Also, Balerion the Black Dread, ridden by Aegon the Conqueror in his conquest of Westeros. * Ebillan and Firethroat, dragons from the series The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville. * Elisel, a dragon belonging to the Sunrunner Sioned in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series * Eliandir from the Binding of the Blade series by L. B. Graham * Errol, Ninereeds and other dragons in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, notably The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards! * Soletaken and Warren-ruling dragons in Steven Erikson's series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen * Falkor (Fuchur in the original German version), the luckdragon, and Smerg, an evil dragon, in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende * Falameezar-aziz-Sulmonmee, a friendly Marxist dragon in the Spellsinger series. * Fanuilh, a miniature dragon and familiar in a series of books by Daniel Hood. * Fiddlestick, a small musically emotive dragon in Strangewood by Christopher Golden. * Firedrake, Slatebeard, Maia, Shimmertail and several unnamed dragons in the book Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke; The cannibal Nettlebrand from the same book may also be considered a dragon due to his appearance. * Glaurung, the first of the dragons in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth * Glaedr in Eldest by Christopher Paolini. * Gleep in the MythAdventures series by Robert Asprin * Golden dragon (Vilentretenmerth) in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher cycle (Sword of Destiny novel, 1992) - intelligent shape-shifting creature, the only dragon among others (green, black, red and white) that can tolerate humans and even take their form. * Griaule, a gigantic dragon, paralyzed and moribund yet still capable of casting a baleful influence, in stories by Lucius Shepard * Heart's Blood and several others in The Pit Dragon Trilogy series by Jane Yolen * The Hungarian Horntail and various other species of dragon described in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. * Hunkrakar, the black dragon that fought an eternal battle with Karum, the red dragon in the same saga, Legenda Artakusiad * Icefyre and Tintaglia, the last remaining dragons in Robin Hobb's The Tawny Man trilogy. * Ingeloakastimizilian, also known as Icingdeath, is a White Frost Dragon who fights Drizzt Do'Urden and Wulfgar in R.A. Salvatore's Icewind Dale Trilogy. * Kalessin the creator of Usurla Le Guin's world 'Earthsea'. Also Orm-Embar (descendant of the great dragon Orm who slew and was slain by the legendary Warrior Mage Erreth-Akbe) who slew the evil magician Cob on the eastern shores. * Karum, the red dragon in the epic journey of a saga, Legenda Artakusiad by Ahmad Patria Abdullah, a Malaysian * Katla in Astrid Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart. * Kelder Orolin, Linden Rathan and other dragonlords (or weredragons) in The Last Dragonlord and Minue (a water dragon) in Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin * Khyber, one of the progenitor dragons in novels set in the world of Eberron created by Keith Baker. Khyber rules the underworld and his children are the demons and monsters of the world. * Komanthodel, the ancient evil dragon from Paul Edwin Zimmer's A Gathering of Heroes part of the Dark Border series. * Lorn, Prince of Dragons and Keeper of the Knowledge of the Blood, Race that created the Race of the Blood and Bestower of the Blood Jewels. Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop * Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon, in Tea with the Black Dragon and Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy * Morkeleb, the black dragon around whom revolves the plot of Barbara Hambly's best well known novel, Dragonsbane. * Neltharion the Earthwarder (Deathwing), the black dragon Aspect, who disappeared after the second war in the Warcraft series of Books and games. * Various dragons in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling (including Norwegian Ridgebacks, Hungarian Horntails, Swedish Short-Snouts, Common Welsh Greens, Hebridean Blacks, and a Chinese Fireball - see Minor Harry Potter beasts#Dragons) o Norbert, Hagrid's baby dragon, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone o Hungarian Horntail, Welsh Green, Swedish Short-snout, and Chinese Fireball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire o The gigantic, almost blind dragon that guards some of the deepest vaults of Gringotts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows * Various dragons in the The Banned And Banished series by James Clemens o Ragnar'k, the stone dragon of A'loa Glen. o Conch and others, seadragons bonded to the Mer'ai. * Rhuagh, Ryath, Shuruga and others in Raymond E Feist's Riftwar trilogy * Robert (also known as Robert the Wretched), the antagonist of R.A. Salvatore's Spearwielders trilogy. * Sam, Nick and Crystal, plus various other dragons in the Dragon Tamers series by Emma Maree Urquhart. * Saphira in Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. * Scarlet, the red dragon in The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. * Shruikan in Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. * Siberys, one of the progenitor dragons in novels set in the world of Eberron created by Keith Baker. Siberys is the "Dragon Above", his remnants compose the Ring of Siberys, a golden ring of crystal-like shards that glitters in the night sky. * Silver, unnamed dragon in The Oath by Frank E. Peretti; a pact was made with this demonic creature by the citizens of a mining town in the northwest * Urnikh from The Dragon on the Bookshelf * Scatha, from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth * Skysong, from Tamora Pierce's The Immortals quartet, as well as Flamewing, Wingstar, Diamondflame, Icefall, Steelsings, Jadewing, Jewelclaw, Moonwind, Rainbow and Riverwind. * Smaug, in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien * Stanley Steamer, the Gap Dragon in the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony * Stella Steamer, Stanley Steamer's female counterpart in the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony * Strabo, from the Magic Kingdom of Landover novels by Terry Brooks * Sulmandir the Father of Dragons, in Grahams Binding of the Blade series. * Tabitha, last remaining dragon and Keeper of the Eggs in Gerald Durrell's The Talking Parcel * Thorn in Eldest by Christopher Paolini. * Temeraire in the novel series the Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik * Kalessin, Orm, Orm Embar, Yevaud, Orm Irian, Tehanu, & various dragons in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels * Tiamat, in Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville * Zantor and various other dragons from "The Dragonling" series by Jackie French Koller * The Reluctant Dragon, from the story of the same name by Kenneth Grahame * Unnamed dragons (there used to be three: two males and one female but the males killed each other in the first mating season leaving the female alone for millennia) in The Belgariad and The Malloreon series of fantasy novels by David and Leigh Eddings. * Various dragons in the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels; Khisanth, Skie, Malystryx, Pyros, Flamestrike, Silvara, Khirsah — among others. * Various dragons in Gordon R. Dickson's the Dragon Knight series o Jim Eckert, main character in the series: reluctant knight and magician, part-time dragon and de facto member of the Cliffside dragons. o Gorbash, major character in The Dragon and The George novel and minor character in the rest of the series: largest dragon of the Cliffside dragons, grand-nephew of Smrgol o Secoh, major character in the series: a member of the Mere-Dragon clan, which have become diminutive as the result of a blight. o Smrgol, major character in The Dragon and The George novel: an elderly and respected member of the Cliffside dragons and the paternal grand-uncle of Gorbash * A depiction of a Chinese dragon as the sigil of the Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon, in The Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan. * Chrestomanci's pet dragon (rescued from poachers who killed its mother), in Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones * Vicia-Heinox, the two-headed dragon in the Pelmen the Powershaper series by Robert Don Hughes * Villentretenmerth, also known as Borch in his human form, the golden dragon from The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski * The dragons of Wyvernwood from the Dragonkin series by Robin Wayne Bailey. * Various dragon from the series Dragons Past, A Time For Dragons, and No Future For Dragons * Various dragons in The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede * Various dragons in Chris d'Lacey's series, starting with "The Fire Within". These dragons are made of clay and brought to life by the fire/essence (known as the "auma") of one of Earth's last true Dragons, called Gawain. It is possible that Gawain's line might rise to full draconicity as a result of the actions taken by the student David Rain, his girlfriend the sibyl Zanna, the clayworkers Liz and Lucy Pennykettle, scientist Anders Bergstrom, and the witch Gwillanna. * The entity Dragon in several books by author Neal Asher. * Song in the Silence (3 book series) by Elizabeth Kerner * Mistress of Dragons (3 book series) by Margaret Weis * The (genetically engineered) Dragons of Pern from the novels by Anne McCaffrey * Peter DelaSangre and his family in the four novels by Alan F. Troop * Drake Vireo and many others in the paranormal dragon series by Katie Macalister * Various unnamed dragons in the Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn * The unnamed old dragon who dies and the enchanted Eustace Scrubb in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, one of the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. * The unnamed dragon from Beowulf; dies with the combined efforts of Wiglaf and Beowulf. His character is expanded in the parallel novel Grendel, where he becomes Grendel's omniscient advisor, revealing to Grendel the meaning of the universe, and enchanting Grendel to be impervious to man-made weapons. * Temeraire and the other dragons of the Napoleonic Wars, from Naomi Novik's fantasy trilogy: His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War. * Valdearg the Wings of Fire and his daughter Gwynnia (named after Tiamat) from The Fires of Merlin, The Mirror of Merlin, and The Wings of Merlin by T. A. Barron * Shimmergloom the shadow dragon is mentioned in one of R. A. Salvatore's books and Hephaestus the red dragon is a minor character in Sojourn. * Bazil Broketail and many others from the Bazil Broketail book series. * 14 fairy tales about dragons in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders. * Unnamed dragon in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book 1, Canto 11-12 * Various dragons in the backstory of Todd Mcfarlane's Dragon Series. Tales of the Dragon Scrolls * Various dragons from A. J. Kelly's World of Feia books o Vexus the ushikanu (wyvern) and Oberon of The Crystal Flute o The Drannian, an arrogant and sophisticated race of shapeshifting dragons. Various characters feature in multiple books in the series. * Scourge in Transformers Cybertron. * Saerilophas, the resurrected dragon in Rik Andreas Berryere's Dragon's Keeper. Fashioned from the substance of a sorcerer's soul, it can separate human souls from the bodies they inhabit and gather energy that can be converted to magic. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This list has been obtained in whole or in part from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.