An Instinct for Dragons
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415927215
First sentence: The world-dragon was formed by the nature of our own shadowy progenitors' encounters with the creatures who hunted them over millions of years (fig. 15).
Description: "During research on African monkeys, David E. Jones' accidental love affair with the dragon began. Spotting a picture of the monkey's predators - an eagle, a leopard, and a python - Jones unwittingly combined the features from all three into one beast. Amazingly, this mythical and monstrous creature was instantly recognizable.".

"In a vast synthesis of art, mythology, history, and anthropology, Jones discovers that the dragon is, in fact, a universal image. Captivating, myth-breaking, and eloquent, An Instinct for Dragons decodes the ancient puzzle of the oldest, the first and the most basic monster."--BOOK JACKET.