"(Swedish, "Dragon"); also Lindworm or Lindorm) Gigantic serpentine invertebrate from Germanic and Scandinavian legend, sometimes dipicted with small wings, but incapable of flight. Numerous witnesses over the centuries describe the creature as being 10 to 20 feet long, with an unwieldy, legless body as thick as a man"s thigh and black or green-gold in color, and a yellow-flamed belly.

It has a horselike head and mane, a mouth full of sharp white teeth, and large, glowing red eyes. Very aggressive and able to attain great speed, it can take down a man on a galloping horse. When killed by Marco Polo, who encountered these creatures crossing the steppes of Central Asia, they began appearing in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Although the Asian variety thrived on dry land, the European subspecies preferred marshes and streams. They haunted churchyards, and ancient burial mounds, guarding their treasures and living on decaying human remains, symbolizing war and pestilence, they devoured cattle and people."

~Source: Literature- Zell Ravenheart, Oberon, "A Wizards Bestiary/by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Ash "LeopardDancer" DeKirk" New Page Books, 2007