Dracaena terminalis, in magic, i. 159;
its leaves used to beat the sick, ix. 265
Dragon, rain-god represented as, i. 297, 298;
or serpent of water, ii. 155 sqq.;
the Slaying of the, at Furth, ii. 163 sq.;
effigy of, carried at Ragusa on St. George's Day, ii. 164 n. 1;
drama of the slaughter of the, iv. 78 sqq., 89;
myth of the slaughter of the, iv. 105 sqq.;
slain by Cadmus at Thebes, vi. 241;
at Midsummer, effigy of, xi. 37;