This presentation will explore the mythology of dragon slayers in relationship to the Nordic traditions drawn upon by Jung, Wagner, Tolkien, and others. It focuses on visual artefacts—the Siegfried stones and Stave Churches in Scandinavia, and the images of Jung’s Red Book—alongside literary versions of the “battle with the monster” in Beowulf and the Volusungs Saga, amplified by dreams and theoretical perspectives.
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