wyrms
Legendary limbless dragons
Wyrms are serpentine dragons in fantasy literature and games—legless or nearly so, more snake than the winged, fire-breathing variety.
The word is an archaic or dialectal spelling of *worm*, which once meant serpent or dragon before narrowing to its modern sense.
Fantasy writers revived the old spelling to evoke medieval bestiaries: The wyrm coiled in its cavern, guarding ancient gold.
Reptile that kills by looking
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- leviathanEnormous creature or entity
- drakeMale waterfowl
- wyvernBipedal winged dragon
ouroboros · sandworm · fire-breathing · winged · scaled · dungeon · quest · slain
Glide smoothly, sinuously
- coilWound circular arrangement
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- burrowingDigging to create shelter
tunneling · subterranean · legless · writhing · undulating · segmented · crawling · soil
Legendary fire-breathing reptile
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
heroic · mead-hall · kenning · bard · saga · firedrake · hoard · slayer
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- menaceSource of potential harm
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
awakened · sleeping · cursed · malevolent · doom · ravaging · destruction · pestilence
basilisk
Reptile that kills by looking
wyvern · ouroboros · sandworm · fire-breathing · winged · scaled · dungeon · quest · slain · treasure
slither
Glide smoothly, sinuously
burrowing · tunneling · subterranean · legless · writhing · undulating · segmented · crawling · soil · underground
dragon
Legendary fire-breathing reptile
mythology · heroic · mead-hall · kenning · bard · saga · firedrake · hoard · slayer · lair
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- menaceSource of potential harm
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
fearsome · awakened · sleeping · cursed · malevolent · doom · ravaging · destruction · pestilence · bane
wyrmsangels
Divine winged messengers
phoenixes · seraphim · unicorns · celestials · cherubim
wyrmsphoenixes
Self-resurrecting mythical birds
griffins · birds of paradise · rocs · hippogriffs · qilin
wyrmsmice
Small gnawing mammals
insects · vermin · songbirds · butterflies · earthworms