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Dragon

The Babylonians had a dragon they worshiped as a god, but Daniel refused to worship it, and said he could kill it without weapons. This he did by feeding it until it burst. From the biblical story in Daniel 14:23-27.

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Newberry Library Digital Collections (CARLI)

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Newberry Library, MS 40 [Le miroir de humaine saluation], folio 13v

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