Storied's video: How Dragons Conquered the World Monstrum

Don’t miss future episodes of Monstrum, subscribe! http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub Dragons are one of the most prolific monsters, conquering global mythology throughout human history. In this episode, Dr. Zarka looks at Classical dragons of European tradition and evaluates their possible natural origins. Why do we still love to include dragons in literature, film, and art? And more importantly, are dragons real? Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Stephanie Noone Illustrator: Samuel Allen Editor: David Schulte Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs/ ----------- BIBLIOGRAPHY: Aldrovandi, Ulyssis. Ulyssis Aldrovandi Serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo, 1640. Irwin, J. O’Malley. “Fossils of the Chinese Dragon.” The Far Eastern Review, Vol. XII, Issue 7, Dec. 1915, pp. 247. Kaplan, Matt. The Science of Monsters: The Origins of the Creatures We Love to Fear, Scribner, 2013. Lippincott, Louise W. “The Unnatural History of Dragons.” Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, 1981. Martin, George. R.R. “Dany and the Dragons.” Not A Blog, July 8, 2013. https://grrm.livejournal.com/327410.html Mayor, Adrienne. The First Fossil Hunters : Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times, Princeton University Press, 2011. Sagan, Carl. The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence, Ballantine Books, 1986. Senter, Phil, Uta Mattox, and Eid. E. Haddad. “Snake to Monster: Conrad Gessner's Schlangenbuch and the Evolution of the Dragon in the Literature of Natural History.” Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 53, No. 1, January/April 2016, pp. 67-124. Schmidt, Gary D. The Iconography of the mouth of hell: eight-century Britain to the fifteenth century, Susquehanna Univ Press, 1995. Shuker, Karl. Dragons: A Natural History, Simon & Schuster, 1995. Topsell, Edward. The History of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents... The whole rev., cor. and inl. with the addition of two useful physical tables, by J[ohn] R[owland], E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge, 1658.