List Of Dragons In Popular Culture

Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.

Dragons in fiction

This list of dragons in fiction is a list of draconic characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of dragons in literature, comics, film, television, animation and video games.

Dragons in literature

Western literature tends either to affirm or pointedly subvert the traditional portrait of dragons from Western myth and folklore, as evil and greedy.

Name	Source	Author	Notes
Ancalagon the Black	Legendarium	J.R.R. Tolkien	The greatest of the winged dragons. Created by the Dark Lord Melkor. Destroyed by Eärendil during the War of Wrath.
Balerion	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R.R. Martin	Nicknamed the black dread he was the greatest dragon in Westeros history. Rode by Aegon I Targaryen.
Caraxes	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R.R. Martin	Nicknamed the Blood Wyrm, he was a long sepentine red dragon. Rode by Daemon Targaryen.
Chrysophylax Dives	Farmer Giles of Ham	Tolkien	A wily dragon who loses a battle of wills to Farmer Giles.
Dagurashibanipal	Grunts!	Mary Gentle	An ancient dragon, whose looted horde provides a tribe of orcs with the means to rise above their cannon-fodder station in the Evil Horde of Darkness.
Dragon	Jane and the Dragon	Baynton	A friend of Jane. 300 years old. Orphaned.
Drogon	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	A black-red dragon, hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. The largest and most vicious of her three dragons.
Ember Hill	Talon Saga	Julie Kagawa	Modern dragon.
Errol	Guards! Guards!	Pratchett	Small, underdeveloped dragon given to the Watch of Ankh-Morpork as a mascot by Sybil Ramkin.
Faranth	Dragonriders of Pern	McCaffrey	The last gold dragon hatched from the first dragon hatching on Pern, and the most influential dragon in Pernese history.
Fírnen	Inheritance (Paolini novel)	Paolini	A green, young, and kind dragon who has Arya as his rider.
Fitz	Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons	Quenby Olson	The first dragon hatched in at least a thousand years when dragons have long been considered only myths.
Glaedr	Brisingr	Paolini	An old, golden, and wise dragon who had Oromis as his rider.
Glaurung	The Silmarillion	Tolkien	The first of the Dragons, and the main antagonist in the tale of The Children of Húrin. Wingless. May manipulate human minds.
Gleep	MythAdventures	Robert Asprin	A baby dragon who befriends the series protagonist Skeeve.
Griffin	Griffin the Dragon	Ken Mask	A dragon who learns the morals from wrongdoing such as lying and bullying.
Heavenly Beings	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen	Yoshinobu Akita	Humanlike Dragons.
Icefyre	The Tawny Man	Hobb	A black male dragon buried under ice who breaks free to mate with Tintaglia, a blue dragon, to save the dragon race.
Igjarjuk	Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn	Williams	An Ancient ice dragon who dwells far in the north of Osten Ard.
Katla	The Brothers Lionheart	Lindgren	A fictional female dragon from the Swedish children's book.
Kazul	Dealing with Dragons	Patricia C. Wrede	A fictional dragon from the young adult fantasy novel, Dealing with Dragons, and is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series. The novel chronicles the adventures of the princess Cimorene, who escapes her tediously ordinary family to become Kazul, the dragon's princess. Kazul assigns Cimorene to cook for her and organize her library and treasure hoard.
Meleys	A Song of Ice & Fire	George R. R. Martin	A huge scarlet she dragon with pink membranes nicknamed the Red Queen. She was rode by the queen who never was Rhaenys Targaryen.
Meraxes	A Song of Ice & Fire	George R. R. Martin	One of Aegon I Targaryen's Dragons. A silver she dragon rode by his sisterwife Rhaenys Targaryen.
Montague Bunsen-Burner	Dragon Boy	King-Smith	A dragon on a human-free diet who finds and raises an orphaned boy John. He has a wife named Albertina and gains a daughter named Lucky.
Mnementh	Dragonriders of Pern	McCaffrey	A bronze dragon ridden by F'lar, Weyrleader of Benden Weyr.
Moon	Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon	Marzollo	A young dragon named to match the crescent mark on his head. Became a great friend of Star after the Eight-Horn Friendship Spell in the prequel The Baby Unicorn.
Unnamed	Beowulf	Unknown	A dragon who battles with and is slain by Beowulf.
Niner	The Eyes of The Dragon	Stephen King	A dragon slain by King Roland, ruler of Delain, the head of which hangs as a trophy in the King's study. Through a secret passageway, one can peer through the eyes of the dragon head and into the King's quarters.
Norberta	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Rowling	Previously named Norbert, she is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that Hagrid acquired as an egg from a stranger in the Hog's Head. Hagrid raises Norbert until Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally persuade Hagrid to send the dragon to Ron's older brother Charlie. Hagrid later learns that the dragon is female and has been renamed Norberta.
Pyralspite	Homestuck	Andrew Hussie	The companion of Neophyte Redglare.
Ramoth	Dragonriders of Pern	McCaffrey	The golden queen dragon ridden by Lessa of Benden Weyr and Ruatha Hold.
Reluctant Dragon	The Reluctant Dragon (short story)	Kenneth Grahame	A friendly and intelligent poetry-loving dragon.
Rhaegal	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	A green-bronze dragon, recently hatched by Daenerys Targaryen.
Ruth	Dragonriders of Pern	McCaffrey	A white dragon, one of a kind in Pern, ridden by Lord Jaxom of Ruatha Hold. Ruth has an unusually acute memory. Instrumental in the final end of Thread.
Saphira	Eragon	Paolini	A kind, fierce, and blue dragon who has Eragon as her rider.
Selendrile	Dragon's Bait	Vivian Vande Velde	A dragon who decides to help a woman get revenge on the villagers who sacrificed her to him after she was accused of witchcraft (he can transform into a human and other creatures).
Slathborg	Slathborg's Gold	Mark Forman	An evil dragon with a large hoard of gold. Sought to be killed for his evil deeds and to take the hoard by Alex and his company of Adventurers. Alex was able to look him in the eye to prove dominance over him and managed to kill him.
Shurakai	Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn	Williams	The great red dragon of the Hayholt, this dragon was eventually turned into the Dragonbone Chair, and was mythically slain by High King Prester John. It killed three kings of the Hayholt.
Smaug	The Hobbit	Tolkien	A greedy and wicked golden-red dragon who slaughtered Thrór's dwarf clan along with the town of Dale and took the dwarves' treasure. While Bilbo Baggins talked with Smaug, he found a weak spot in Smaug's impenetrable scales. Hearing this from the Thrush the archer Bard killed Smaug.
Sparkles	Goosebumps Series 2000: Be Afraid — Be Very Afraid!	R.L. Stine	Sparkles is a sentient dragon who was created drew by Emily to play in Connor's board game. Connor's friends insist on playing the game, despite his objections. Emily draws the cards needed to become a dragon. Kyle teams up with Emily, and they capture Connor's character (in the game), intending to finish him off. The kids then hear a roar outside. When they check, they see a massive red dragon, stomping, and rampaging throughout their neighborhood. Connor does some quick thinking and slides all the dragon's cards back into the box, which ends up defeating the dragon.
Sunfyre	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R.R. Martin	Nicknamed Sunfyre the Golden, he was a gold dragon with pink wing membranes and rode by King Aegon II Targaryen.
Syrax	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R.R. Martin	Syrax was a yellow she-dragon rode by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen.
Temeraire	Temeraire	Novik	A black Chinese Celestial whose captain is William Laurence.
Terezi's Lusus	Homestuck	Andrew Hussie	Unborn parent figure and psychic mentor to Terezi Pyrope.
Thorn	Eldest	Paolini	A red, immature, and vicious dragon who has Murtagh as his rider.
Tintaglia	The Liveship Traders	Hobb	A female blue dragon, believed to be the last of her kind. She ultimately mates with Icefyre and saves the dragon race.
Eldrax	The Paper Bag Princess	Robert Munsch	A dragon who destroys Princess Elizabeth's kingdom and kidnaps her beloved Prince Ronald. Princess Elizabeth defeats the dragon by getting him to show off his full skills, exhausting him.
Viserion	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	A cream-white dragon, recently hatched by Daenerys Targaryen.
Vhagar	A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	One of the dragons of Aegon I Targaryen. A bronze she-dragon rode by his sisterwife Visenya Targaryen. Was also rode by Laena Velayron and Aemond Targaryen.
Various dragons	The Frog Princess (novel) and its sequels	E. D. Baker	Various dragons, can talk, some can transform into humans and back.
Various dragons	Talon Saga	Julie Kagawa	Various other dragons (including the deuterogonist and antagonists), can shift into humans and act like them.
Various dragons	Wings of Fire (novel series)	Tui T. Sutherland	Epic children's fantasy series which features dragons as the heroes of each story; features hundreds of dragons.
Villentretenmerth	The Witcher, Sword of Destiny	Andrzej Sapkowski	A golden Dragon, possibly the only of his kind, who travels with a pair of Zerrikania warrior woman while shape shifted and assuming the false name Borch three Jackdaws.
Festus	Heroes of Olympus	Rick Riordan	A machine Dragon, made by 9th cabin and protect Camp Half-blood. In The Lost Hero, It was found by Leo.
Zog	Zog (children's book)	Julia Donaldson	A keen yet accident prone young dragon trying to earn a gold star at dragon school (also an animated short film by the BBC).

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Dragons in online audiovisual media

The Strong Bad Emails (flash cartoons) on the Homestar Runner website feature a dragon named Trogdor the Burninator.
The Great Dragon of Bleecker Street is a character featured in Dimension 20's The Unsleeping City.

Dragons in radio

Trorg, the Last Amber Dragon, and the blue sock-stealing dragons in Hordes of the Things

Dragons in songs

Albi, from the Flight of the Conchords song "Albi the Racist Dragon"
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is best known from the hit single by Peter, Paul and Mary, but has been performed by countless other artists. "Puff the Magic Dragon" was first a poem by Leonard Lipton and adapted by Peter Yarrow. The poem tells of an ageless dragon who befriends a young boy, only to be abandoned as the boy ages and forgets him. This is sometimes suspected of being riddled with references to marijuana, though the authors have publicly ridiculed this notion. The dragon in the song is most likely a reference to children's imagination and innocence.
Tharos, from the Emerald Sword Saga, a collection of five albums by the symphonic metal band Rhapsody
The titular dragon in the song "The Dragon and Saint George" (2015) from Ten's release of the same name

Dragons in puppetry

Dirty Dragon from The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show and Gigglesnort Hotel
Scorch the Teenaged Dragon, Ronn Lucas' ventriloquism puppet
Delbert the Dragon, created by Jim Henson for La Choy commercials
Kukla from the children’s show Kukla, Fran and Ollie

Dragons in toys

Scorch, Slayer, Loong, Dragon, Legend, Magic in Beanie Baby
Megatron in Beast Wars becomes a bio-mechanical dragon after absorbing the essence of his ancestor.
Predaking and the Predacons in Transformers: Prime have robotic dragons as alternate forms.
Jinafire Long, the daughter of a Chinese dragon from Monster High

Dragons in theme parks and shows

Tradinno, the world's largest walking robot
Prezzemolo in Gardaland
Figment in Journey into Imagination with Figment
Danny in Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
The Dragon in Legoland
The 6 Dragons in Phantasialand
Coaster in Rye Playland

Dragons in sport

FC Porto, football team
Mario the Magnificent, Drexel Dragons mascot
Stuff the Magic Dragon, Orlando Magic mascot
San Francisco Dragons, field lacrosse team
Somerset County Cricket Club, cricket team
St. George Illawarra Dragons, Rugby league team
Wales national football team, national association football team of Wales

Dragons in podcasts

Hiram McDaniels, a "literal five-headed dragon", and his sister Hadassah McDaniels from Welcome to Nightvale. Each head demonstrates differing personality traits and behaviors.
Cerulean Depths Seen from a Great Height (A.K.A. Ceri). A gargantuan sea dragon with a long name and a snobby teen attitude, from Spout Lore.
Mishka Beverly Paw Paw II, an energetic and rambunctious baby black dragon from Not Another D&D Podcast.

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