Tales of Dragons and Maidens:

I have several other tales with pictures, but they are very large files. Instead of posting them, I will simply outline the various stories:

Safe in a scented palace hidden in Kiev, the Russian sorceress Marina kept a dragon for a companion and serpents for pets. It was her wont to seduce brave dragon slayers and change 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.

In Servia lived a fairy so powerful 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 its talons and carried her to its lair, and many months passed before her husband freed her and slew her captor.

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. The kiss of Le Succube was sweet, but it drained the life strength from mortal men.

Trapped 9in the skin of a dragon by enchantment, Margaret of Bamburgh was rescued when her brother returned from abroad. He restored her to mortal form with a kiss, then covered her with his cloak and rode to the castle to take revenge on her enchanter.

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