Beauty and the Beast

• Germany: On the coast of Germany, the King's daughter was captured by a Sea Serpent. She kept herself from harm by charming it to sleep until her rescuers arrived. It was said that the greatest stargazer in the world found herm, the greatest thief stole her away, and the greatest hunter slew the dragon for her.



• France: Riding high among the night stars, the seductive French spirit called Le Succube guided her dragon across the countryside always searching for reckless and amorous young adventurers. They became her lovers and victims.For, the kiss of Le Succube was sweet, but it drained the life force from mortal men.



• Kiev, Russia: Safe in a scented palace hidden in Kiev, the Russian sorseress Marina kept a dragon for a companion and serpents for pets. It was her want to seduce brave dragonslayers and turn them into harmless magpies or pigs or oxen. Marina met her end when a hero seduced her in turn and - in the absence of her guards - beheaded her.



• Serbia: In Serbia lived a fairy so pwerful that she could assume the form of a golden bird if she wished. She imprisoned a dragon in her palace dungeons; but her mortal husband unknowingly released the beast. It caught her in it's talons and carried her to it's lair, and many months passed before her husband freed her and slew the captor.