Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology and Culture

Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology and Culture examines the dragon as a creature positioned between zoology, folklore and human imagination. Karl P. N. Shuker considers possible real-world and cryptozoological influences behind dragon traditions, including reports of dragons and the animals sometimes proposed as their biological source.

The book also traces the dragon’s wider cultural presence, discussing its roles in religion, dreams, alchemy, psychology and astrology alongside appearances in literature, films and music. Mythic creatures and purported sightings are treated as traditions, claims and cultural evidence rather than established zoological fact, giving the subject a broad international scope across natural history, cryptozoology and symbolism.