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	Lindworm - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		As the lindworm grows, it eventually encircles the hall of the Earl and takes Thora hostage, demanding to be supplied with no less than one ox a day, until she is freed by a young man in fur-pants named Ragnar, who thus obtains the honorary title of Lodbrok ("fur pants") and becomes Thora's husband.
		In the tale of "Prince Lindworm" (also "King Lindworm"), from Scandinavian folklore, a hideous lindworm is born, as one of twins, to a queen, who, in an effort to overcome her childless situation, has followed the advice of an old crone.
		The dragon Fafnir from the Völsunga saga is known plainly as "a lindworm" in the Nibelungenlied.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/i/n/Lindorm.html (658 words)

	Lindworm
		Lindworm or lindorm (cognate with Old Norse linnormr "snake", German Lindwurm "dragon", Scandinavian languages lindorm "seaserpent", from two Germanic roots meaning roughly "constrictor snake"), in British heraldry, is a technical term for a wingless bipedal dragon.
		As the lindworm grows, it eventually encircles the hall of the Earl and takes Thora hostage, demanding to be supplied with no less than one ox a day, until she is freed by a young man in fur-trousers named Ragnar, who thus obtains the byname of Lodbrok ("hairy britches") and becomes Thora's husband.
		In the 19th-century tale of "Prince Lindworm" (also "King Lindworm"), from Scandinavian folklore, a "half-man half-snake" lindworm is born, as one of twins, to a queen, who, in an effort to overcome her childless situation, has followed the advice of an old crone, who tells her to eat two onions.
	www.1bx.com /en/Lindorm.htm (968 words)

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		Lindworms are subspecies of eastern dragon, similar to the widely known oriental.
		The majority of lindworms live in the open plains where they can hunt their main prey: the camel.
		Lindworm scales are not particularly luminescant, but mine are slightly pearlized, adding to my uniqueness.
	www.neopets.com /~Erandur (1115 words)

	lindworm dragon
		Lindworm dragon be used to assess the extent to which the intervention might be useful in a particular setting or population.
		lindworm dragon contrast, adequate evidence of ineffectiveness leads to a recommendation that the intervention not be used.
		The systematic search identified 243 studies on tobacco interventions that met the inclusion lindworm dragon Of these 243 studies, 77 were excluded on the basis of limitations in their execution or design and were not lindworm dragon further.
	www.freewebtown.com /lhsc/lindworm-dragon.html (298 words)

	The Dragon Stone - Myths: European Dragons: Klagenfurt Lindworm
		The Klagenfurt lindworm (or lindwurm) lived in the area that is now Klagenfurt in Austria.
		The lindworm was lured out of its lair by the promise of a free meal, and on trying to attack became impaled on the spikes.
		The lindworm is green with a pair of wings and two legs.
	www.polenth.com /myth/europe/klagen.html (263 words)

	Adiadne Sample \| TeachUP
		The lindworm had often watched the eagle flying about the top of the tree, carrying food to his young ones and, accordingly, he watched carefully for the moment when the eaglets began to try their wings and to fly away from the nest.
		Of course, when the eagle himself was there to protect them even the lindworm, big and strong as he was, knew that he could do nothing; but when he was absent, any eaglets who ventured too near the ground would be sure to disappear down the monster's throat.
		But that very midnight the lindworm, who was hungry and could not wait for his supper, came out of the brook with a rushing noise, and made straight for the tree.
	www.poststar.com /nie/teachup/lang/chap2.html (1006 words)

	Lindworm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lindworms, as ensnaring serpents with one pair of legs, were popular images on runestones, in 11th century Sweden.
		The dragon Fafnir from the Völsunga saga is known plainly as "a lindworm" in the Nibelungenlied.
		In the tale of "Prince Lindworm" (also "King Lindworm"), from Scandinavian folklore, a hideous lindworm is born, as one of twins, to a queen, who, in an effort to overcome her childless situation, has followed the advice of an old crone, who tells her to eat two onions.
	nba.servegame.org /en/Lindworm.htm (689 words)

	Lindworm
		In mythology, a lindworm (or lindorm) is a large serpent-like dragon.
		Lindworms were supposedly very large and ate cattle and bodies, sometimes invading churchyards and eating the dead from cemeteries.
		In the tale of "Prince Lindworm", from Sweden, a hideous lindworm is born, as one of twins, to a queen, who, in an effort to overcome her childless situation, has followed the advice of an old crone.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/lindworm.html (237 words)

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		The Lindworm or Lindorm is or was a large serpent-like dragon.
		In this tale from Sweden, a hideous lindworm is born, as one of twins, to a queen, who, in an effort to overcome her childless situation, has followed the advice of an old crone.
		Since he eats each new bride they bring him, this creates a 'slight' problem for the kingdom, until a shepherd's daughter is brought to marry him, and though her courage, saves the day.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/l/li/lindworm.html (205 words)

	All About Dragons -- More than you ever knew!
		Lindworms, also called the Lindorm, are snake-like dragons with usually no more than 2 legs that are near their heads.
		Lindworms have no wings, and their tails are generally longer than their feet.
		The lindworm is also close the ampithere, but it has legs, while the amphithere has none (but has wings instead).
	www.freewebs.com /skreth77/lindworms.htm (143 words)

	Lindworm articles and news from Start Learning Now
		The shed skin of a lindworm was believed to greatly increase a person's knowledge about nature and medicine.
		In legends, lindworms are often very large and eat cattle and bodies, sometimes invading churchyards and eating the dead from cemeteries.
		In cryptozoology, the name ''lindworm'' is applied to plausible but unverified reports of a wingless bipedal dragonlike animal, perhaps related to certain species of dinosaur.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Lindworm.htm (1001 words)

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		What he did not know was that a lindworm (or wyvern) will hatch from a bunny’s egg, if you put it into water.
		When the lindworm could find nothing left to eat there either, he abandoned the area, eating out a deep ditch through the Rabisch, all the way to Lake Wörthersee.
		Later the lindworm was killed and immortalised in the Klagenfurt city arms.
	www.mallnitz.at /chronik.php?locale_neu=en_EN (2233 words)

	AMERICAN MONSTERS
		Although it was commonly known that the Asian variety of the Lindworm could thrive on dry land, it was often believed that the European sup-species preferred to conceal itself beneath the marshes and streams, which dotted the European countryside.
		Heeding the call, a group of brave young men baited a gigantic hook with a live bull, attached the hook to a heavy chain and tossed it into the river where the creature was said to dwell.
		It wasn't long before the Lindworm snatched the bait, and after a vicious tug-of-war, was brought ashore and killed.
	www.americanmonsters.com /monsters/unclass/index.php?detail=article&idarticle=99 (419 words)

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		But the first son she bore was a hideous monstrous Lindworm who was so disgusting by his appearance that the queen threw him out and left him to fend for himself.
		The Lindworm also wanted a woman for his bride and demands his brother to send to him all of the young women, doesn't matter what background, before him to chose which woman he will have for his bride.
		So all of the women of the kingdom was brought before the Lindworm to be inspected, but the Lindworm ate all the women who never fit the Lindworm's perception of what he wants out of her.
	www.blogger.com /feeds/1401041008840697526/posts/default/5077816737010775265 (1227 words)

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		In 1636, the lindworm got some company: the cudgel-wielding Hercules.
		Lindworm and Hercules acquired a fountain basin which was actually originally intended as a holder for water to extinguish fires.
		The lindworm and his vanquisher draw thousands of tourists each and every year.
	homes.tiscover.com /sixcms/detail.php?template_id=9957&id=36261&_bland=k (222 words)

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		If North and the necromancer were to subdue the lindworm and retrieve the Draconce from its still living mind, the necromancer held, they could sell it to a thaumaturge for a pocket full of specie.
		The lindworm lunged forward, catching the bird in its powerful jaws, and just as its diamond head had cleared the overhanging bartizan, North stabbed downwards with a metal stave as tall as himself, piercing the lindworm’s body just behind the head, impaling it.
		Finally, the innards of the lindworm’s skull steaming in the chill air, he plunged his hands within, and pulled out a white, translucent gem the size of a child’s fist.
	www.bestsf.net /presents/CompaniontoOwls.html (3858 words)

	Married to Magic: Animal Brides and Bridegrooms in Folklore and Fantasy by Terri Windling — Summer 2004 Journal ...
		In The Lindworm, a story told in Sweden, a barren queen finally gives birth to two sons, the eldest of whom is a hideous lindworm (a serpent, or dragon).
		Before the king is told of the birth, she casts the eldest off in the woods, and the youngest son grows up believing that he is the heir to the kingdom.
		Then the lindworm begins to groan and writhe and he soon slithers out of his outer skin, whereupon his bride takes off one of the seven white linen shirts.
	www.endicott-studio.com /rdrm/rrMarriedToMagic.html (5883 words)

	Cryptozoology.com
		The Lindworm or Lindwurm is a kind of dragon.
		I think it is the Swiss who have a cryptid called the Tazelwurm which fits the Lindworm description.
		The Tatzelwurm is known as a more or less folkloristic cryptid from the alpine parts of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.
	www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=19&pid=322768 (172 words)

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		The legend of the lindworm, a serpent-like dragon, states that it lived in the swamp on which Klagenfurt was later built and it ate confused cattle and sheep which wandered too close to the moor area.
		As the lindworm's appetite increased, the Duke erected a tower on the edge of the swamp from where the lindworm could be killed.
		The story is still remembered today thanks to a statue of the lindworm surrounded by its slayers that was erected at 'Neuen Platz' 300 years ago.
	www.uefa.com /competitions/euro/organisation/venueguide/city=2/index.html (627 words)

	The Dragon Stone - Myths: European Dragons: Lindworms
		The old description of a lindworm were more variable, allowing for different numbers of legs.
		The lindworms of Germanic heraldry and folklore often have legs.
		Klagenfurt Lindworm - An example of a lindworm with legs.
	www.polenth.com /myth/europe/lindworms.html (81 words)

	Puzzle Pirates Forums - View Thread - Tour of Mount Olympus Entry Thread (Nemo, Lindworm, Cephalopod, Arcturus)
		This piratey form of a casino room is modeled after a final table in a poker tourney, with gates around the table to keep the spectators back, a fully stocked bar, and numerous chairs to watch the action, not to mention the cashboxes full of millions sitting there against the wall for the winning pirate.
		Since Lindworm is a sea serpant or dragon, I have included a place for him to store his treasure, a fresh water pool for finding his lunch, and entry from the sea.
		Deep in the jungle at the foot of Mount Olympus, hidden in an ancient temple, lies the lair of the elusive Lindworm.
	forums.puzzlepirates.com /community/mvnforum/viewthread?p=1013713 (2648 words)

	Dragonaut -The Resonance- « Otaku no Ken
		Gillard army separates the Lindworm unit from the shuffle they were supposed to protect and attacks the unguarded shuttle.
		After escaping from the Lindworm unit, Jin is planning to return to the Earth, find some small village and live peacefully with Toa and Gio.
		Jin is held captive by Lindworm unti and about to be taken to the authorities.
	kunichan.wordpress.com /category/anime/active-series/dragonaut-the-resonance (2081 words)

	HISTORY OF DRAGONS
		The Lindworm is a wingless relative to the Wyvern with a strong pair of forlimbs and a tail like a whip.
		In spite of its unusual shape, the Lindworm is extremely swift, using its tail to bring down any unwary horse and rider.
		Many years later he returned as a wealthy merchant to the village of his birth, it was to find it held in terror by a giant Lindworm, the very creature that he as a young boy had dropped into the well.
	www.angelfire.com /in2/dragonlair/history.html (596 words)

	Tappenkarsee Hotel Kleinarl Zirbenhof 4 star Hotel in Kleinarl, Province of Salzburg, AUSTRIA
		A flame shot out, followed by a bang and between smoke and spraying water the dragon's body could be seen squirming in its own blood.
		Badly injured, the lindworm retreated to the bottom of the lake.
		Since then it has never been seen again, but the saying goes it gnaws at the rock, so that the water floods the whole family and its inhabitants.
	www.zirbenhof.at /e-tappenkarsee.html (266 words)

	Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie: The Huldrefish[1]
		He now understood that it was from down here that they pop up their heads off the coast in the dog days when the sea is warm.
		The lindworm, with its flat head and duck's beak, darted after fish, and crept up to the surface of the earth through the slimy ways of mire and marsh.
		Through the warm and choking gloom there came, from time to time, a cooling chilling blast from the cold curves and winds of the slimy and slippery greenish lichworm,[2] which bores its way through the earth and eats away the coffins that are rotting in the churchyards.
	www.online-literature.com /jonas-lie/weird-tales-from-northern-seas/9 (960 words)

	Lindworm in the Orc Forest [Archiv] - JoWooD Forum
		There is one orc in the forest that doesn't attack you.
		According to the dialogue, it is supposed to draw the Lindworm out of its cave which I thought it was doing.
		Just position it over the lindworm, un-pause and blast him with it.
	forum.jowood.de /archive/index.php/t-82079.html (217 words)

	Lindworm, Lindorm Dragon Facts and Information
		In 1335, when the skull of a wooly rhinoceros was found in a cave nearby Klagenfurt in Germany, it was believed to be a dragon's skull.
		In Nordic and German heraldry, the lindworm is the same as a wyvern, though the folkloric lindworm lacks wings.
		The Italian traveller, Marco Polo, wrote of the lindworm in his travelogue.
	dragonsinn.net /fict-lindworm.htm (179 words)

	Wyvern
		Linked to the wyvern, at 'Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places', is the lindworm.
		The lindworm is percived as a small dragon from Central Asia with no wings, even though they are listed as eating cattle.
		- who is rumored to have reported sighting lindworms on the steppes of Central Asia.
	mtaonline.net /~wyvern (714 words)

	Amazon.com: Lindworm
		In Chapter 10, Prince Lindworm keeps eating his wives until...
		is 5B Wasch Cen- ter, Lindworm 124 ((CJ 089/76-75-86-21).
		this stream dwelt a horrible lindworm with seven heads.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Lindworm&index=blended&page=1 (676 words)

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