>From: "Lazarus" <lazarus@...>
>
>I'm pretty sure that the main reason 'wyrm' is referred to as a dragon has
>to do with English translations of Eddas referring to Jormungard
>(Iormungand) simultaneously as a Wyrm and a Serpent.
>
>I've always thought the relationship had to do with their legless shape and
>penchant for encircling things. Making the distinction between reptile and
>Nematoids wasn't important until the 16th and 17th centuries.
>
>In one poem I've read, beavers were called 'fish' because they lived in the
>water and thus were perfectly acceptable to eat on Fridays.
>
>-Laz

It was the same with Puffins, since thay tasted of fish, so the argument
goes, so thay must have been fish in foul form.



Cris


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