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  1. lindwormnoun

    A wingless bipedal dragon.

  2. lindwormnoun

    Any draconic creature.

  3. Etymology: Cognate with Old Norse linnormr, Norwegian lindorm, German Lindwurm.

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  1. Lindworm

    The lindworm (worm meaning snake), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern and Central European folklore living deep in the forest that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster. It can be seen as a sort of dragon. According to legend, everything that lies under the lindworm will increase as the lindworm grows, giving rise to tales of dragons that brood over treasures to become richer. Legend tells of two kinds of lindworm, a good one associated with luck, often a cursed prince who has been transformed into another beast (as in the fairy tale The Frog Prince), and a bad one, a dangerous man-eater which will attack humans on sight. A lindworm may swallow its own tail, turning itself into a rolling wheel, as a method of pursuing fleeing humans.The head of the 16th-century lindworm statue at Lindwurm Fountain (Lindwurmbrunnen) in Klagenfurt, Austria, is modeled on the skull of a woolly rhinoceros found in a nearby quarry in 1335. It has been cited as the earliest reconstruction of an extinct animal.

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  1. Lindworm

    Lindworm in British heraldry, is a technical term for a wingless bipedal dragon often with a venomous bite. In Norwegian heraldry a lindorm is the same as the wyvern in British heraldry.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lindworm in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lindworm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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