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The dragon ( Old High German lint, snake ') is the name for a snake and dragon-like mythical creatures.

Mythology

The dragon is usually bipedal, but also four or more legs are possible. It resembles a dragon and is sometimes referred to as a subspecies, has no or only short wings and is mentioned especially in old Germanic legends. Usually a dragon has a long tail and short legs, partially it is described as people eating. The " Dragon" Fafner in the Nibelungenlied is a dragon.

The dragon is the symbol of the Austrian city of Klagenfurt and Ljubljana ( Laibach ). In places that carry Limb or Lind - in name, a Dragon Sage is often handed down, such as in Limburg an der Lahn.

Heraldry

The dragon is an emblem and thus a common figure. In heraldry the dragon is represented differently: as described above or as crowned footless. Less often it is represented with a rooster head, which can lead to confusion with basilisk.

The dominant color ( tincture ) is black, the dragon is green, this is mentioned often breathing fire, which is less common at the dragon. A confusion with the heraldic dragon is still not excluded. In the representation in the arms of the coat of arms carriers should be limited to a mythical beast, a snake with the hind legs of a lion.

Often a Linde has to accompany him, to show him as a dragon, or it is mapped to the dragon of the Roland legend, a sword as an attribute.

Coat of arms of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Coat of arms of Ljubljana

Coat of arms of Lingen worm ( Tuttlingen )

Coat of arms of Wurmannsquick

Coat of arms of Lingen worm ( Rottenburg )

Coat of arms of Surava

Coat of arms of Bandenitz

Coat of arms of Bobzin

Coat of arms of Beatenberg

Coat of arms of Trutnov

Coat of arms of Bad Goisern

Coat of arms by the Office Jevenstedt

Coat of arms of Orneta

Coat of arms of Ennetmoos

Coat of arms of Stjørdal, Norway