Dragon Bestiaries

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  1. 3. Patron saint of England
  2. 6. manuscript handwritten book decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colors, or elaborate designs or miniature pictures.
  3. 9. a medieval encyclopedia that categorized different animals with pictures and allegories
  4. 11. could be based on facts or historical figures but are now "larger than life"
  5. 12. Fill in the blank. This famous phrase, written on Roman and medieval maps, originally read "HERE BE ___" but now is misbelieved to have said "Hic Sunt Dracones."
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  1. 1. Involve fantastical creatures that later became morality stories for children with dark endings
  2. 2. A river-living reptile that is often mistaken for a dragon in medieval bestiaries.
  3. 4. According to Pliny the Elder, these were the natural enemy of elephants.
  4. 5. a story that is used to represent a meaning
  5. 6. when someone or something takes on another form
  6. 7. A bearer of bad news and a sign of coming destruction.
  7. 8. stories of a culture that are used to explain supernatural phenomena or answer life's big questions
  8. 10. part of a bird's skeleton attached to the chest that allows it to fly