Dragons of Europe! <ea>
Practice Words
Words with the 'ea' vowel team, making /iː/ as in 'eat', /ɛ/ as in 'head', or /eɪ/ as in 'break'.
We have told tales of dragons for a long time. We can read tales of dragons from Europe.
Most dragons from Europe are mean beasts. They breathe fire and take gold.
This is a German dragon. It is a puk. If you make it glad, it brings gold. If you do not, it gets mad.
Most dragons of Europe have wings and legs. They can give us a scare.
Some were half dragon and half beast in the tales. A lot were a mix of a dragon and a bird or a dragon and a big cat.
There is a lot of dragon art in Europe. Gargoyles are a kind of dragon. They are from a French tale.
Norse dragons are very mean. There is a tale that one of them lives at the base of the world tree.
Some tales told of dragons in the sea. Some of them were like snakes. Some were like fish or whales.
We have given some stars and rocks in the sky the names of dragons.
Saint George went to war with the dragon to kill it. Have you read the tale of Saint George and the dragon? This dragon ate girls.
A dragon that is in a lot of art from Europe is one that bites its tail. It is from an old book found in Egypt.
Dragons are fun to read up on. There will always be dragons in our books, games and films.