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Perhaps the oldest and most influential dragon in Western literature comes from the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The story’s horde-guarding beast “flies by night encircled by fire ...

In the original poem Beowulf returns to Geatland and, fifty years later as king, must fight a dragon. The dragon is killed but Beowulf has received a mortal wound. He dies and is ritually burned ...