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From: Lil Stinker NP-g07 <anywhere@uwant2.com>
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Subject: Dragon Lore and Legends: La Tarasque
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:12:19 -0500
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La Tarasque
A long time ago a huge monster emerged from the sea and chose the
river Rhone as its new home. It was a dragoness, half land mammal,
half fish. She outsized twelve elephants, had teeth like swords and a
skin like iron. Her father was the water dragon Leviathan, her mother
the giant snake Onachus, and her name was Tarasque.
Wherever the beast appeared, she brought terror and destruction. All
animals fled her. She destroyed houses, and her breath was flames.
Many heroes tried to kill her, and perished.
After seven years of ravage a farmer found the skin of the dragoness
and considered her dead. But every seven years the Tarasque hat to
slough, and the farmer had only found her cast-off skin.
Seven more years went by. The Tarasque had destroyed all bridges and
devoured everyone who wanted to cross the river. At last the
inhabitants of the troubled area tried to lure the dragonness into a
trap. Near the town Avignon there was a deep swamp. Whoever got there
was lost. So they bound animals to trees near the trail leading to the
swamp. The beast followed this line of prey. But when she approached
the trap, she turened around and fled back to the river: The swamp
belonged to the realm of the devil, and being a creature of the devil
herself, the Tarasque was warned.
Again seven years passed. Then one day Saint Martha happened to visit
the area. When she heard of the beast, she went out to catch it -
barefooted, in her white dress, with no other weapon than a jar of
holy water. The dragonnes came out to devour her, but was banned
solely by the power of the cross and the holy water. St. Martha led
the beast to the town, where it was killed. The citizens errected a
new church in honor of St. Martha, and the town changed its name to
Tarascon.
Lil Stinker
"just havin' fun!"
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