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Ep. 338 | The Lost Female Dragon Slayers: Myth, Monsters & Slay w/ Jasmine Elmer
Why does world folklore remember male dragon slayers like Sigurd and Saint George while
erasing the women who faced the beasts? Host Daniel Farrand sits down with classicist,
broadcaster, and author Jasmine Elmer to explore her book, SLAY: The Hidden History of
Female Dragon Slayers.
From Saint Margaret bursting out of a dragon's stomach to the Japanese diver Tokoyo
battling an ocean serpent with a dagger between her teeth, Dan and Jasmine deconstruct
global serpent lore. They investigate why Old Norse mythology reserved dragon-slaying
strictly for male dynasts, how Christian monastic scribes…
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