St. George and the Dragon was a naive and derivative fantasy of little literary complexity or merit. A dragon terrorized a town whose people were forced to appease it by offering maidens – preferably ...

Pop Culture How Pompeii and Medieval Art Helped Inspire the Very Racy Backdrops for ‘House of the Dragon,’ the Scandalous ‘Game of Thrones’ Spin-Off ...

In medieval societies, the dragon was classified within the same framework as regular animal species. Legends, stories, and images turned it into a symbol of the Middle Ages that would transcend time.

Whenever a fantasy series such as “House of the Dragon” treads deeply into gruesome violence or plain old human exploitation, storytellers like to say it’s historically accurate. But while ...

Witness the ancient art of blade forging as we create a stunning Dragon Knife from steel recycled out of bearing balls, ...

"House of the Dragon," the new "Game of Thrones" spinoff from HBO, depicts a world spun of fantasy. But the noble Targaryan family depicted in the series, who struggle to maintain familial power while ...

The first season of HBO's House of the Dragon exemplified this.Its narrative, as noted by co-creator George R. R. Martin, drew inspiration from England's Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war sparked ...

Medieval artists in Europe had to rely on oral and written descriptions of these fantastic beasts—which resulted in an ... How would you draw an elephant if you’d never ... Giant dragon fighters.

Pop Culture How the Medieval Tapestry in the New ‘House of the Dragon’ Opening Sequence Got Its Weave. The titles were created by design studio yU+co and inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.

A new exhibition and series of events aims to help visitors understand what life was like during the medieval period.

At the time, dragons were thought to look like large, snake-like beasts. Some had four legs, some had two legs, and some had no legs, and if they had wings, they were thick and leathery. Resembling ...

Aug. 2 (UPI) --Students in my medieval history courses often wonder whether historical reality can be gleaned from medieval cinematic fantasy. I tell them that fantasy does not aspire to ...