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Collected here are mermaids, dragons, wyverns, unicorns, and the little woodland creatures called wodwos, as well as miraculous eventssuch asthe Legend of the True Cross, Jonah and the Whale, and the Three Hares. There are battling dragons (from Durham Cathedral) and a cheerful little dragon (in Wirksworth, Derbyshire); the wyvernsphotographed in Ripon and Canterbury Cathedralswhich were fire-breathing creatures with the head of a dragon, the body of a snake, and both legs and wings. Such a magnificent gallery of mythical creatures have all been found within ancient Christian churches,offering remarkable insight into the richness and strangeness ofthese churches'cultural heritage.
