Wyrm
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Wyrm or wurm, is the Old English term for a dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

 or a dragon-like creature, especially one that is serpentine. It is used as an archaism in English folklore and modern fantasy to distinguish it from its Modern English counterpart worm. The word has seen recent revival in certain games, including role-playing games.

Novels

  • Wyrms (novel)
    Wyrms (novel)
    Wyrms is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. The story examines desire, wisdom, and human will. Card describes a version of the tri-partite soul, similar to that articulated by Plato in The Republic.-Plot introduction:...

    , a 1987 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card
  • Wyrms (comics)
    Wyrms (comics)
    Wyrms is a six-issue comic book mini-series by Orson Scott Card and Jake Black, based on the novel Wyrms by author Orson Scott Card. Publication started in April 2006 by Dabel Brothers Productions and was finished in February 2008 by Marvel Comics....

    , a six-issue comic book mini-series by Orson Scott Card and Jake Black
  • Wyrm (novel)

Characters

  • Wyrm (TMNT), a mutated garbageman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Wyrm (World of Darkness), the bringer of the apocalypse

See Also

  • Wyvern
    Wyvern
    A wyvern or wivern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs , and a barbed tail. The wyvern is found in heraldry. There exists a purely sea-dwelling variant, termed the Sea-Wyvern which has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail...

    , a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs (sometimes none), and a barbed tail
  • Wurm (disambiguation)
    Wurm (disambiguation)
    Wurm or Würm may refer to:* Wurm, a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany* Würm, a river in Bavaria, Germany* Würm , a small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany* Würm glaciation, a glacial period named for the Bavarian river...

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