Well, Hercules had to atone for some terrible things he did, and was given 11 or 12 tasks. One of them was slaying the hydra, a really ugly animal with nine heads. What Hercules didn't know was that of the nine, there was one that was the key to killing it for good. Otherwise he would just keep chopping its heads off over and over. I'm sure you know this part; you cut off one head and two grow in its place, blah blah.
So Hercules had his cousin or nephew with him, I'm not sure which, and he came up with the idea that if they held a flame to the severed neck, the head wouldn't grow back. So they did that for awhile, just cutting off heads and burning the stumps, and all the while, the hydra was still alive. Finally, they get to the last head, and bingo. Process of elimination, I guess.
But after all that, it didn't count towards Hercules' atonement. He had help, which I guess wasn't very heroic in those days.
[...] Is that the kind of dragon story you wanted?
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Well, Hercules had to atone for some terrible things he did, and was given 11 or 12 tasks. One of them was slaying the hydra, a really ugly animal with nine heads. What Hercules didn't know was that of the nine, there was one that was the key to killing it for good. Otherwise he would just keep chopping its heads off over and over. I'm sure you know this part; you cut off one head and two grow in its place, blah blah.
So Hercules had his cousin or nephew with him, I'm not sure which, and he came up with the idea that if they held a flame to the severed neck, the head wouldn't grow back. So they did that for awhile, just cutting off heads and burning the stumps, and all the while, the hydra was still alive. Finally, they get to the last head, and bingo. Process of elimination, I guess.
But after all that, it didn't count towards Hercules' atonement. He had help, which I guess wasn't very heroic in those days.
[...] Is that the kind of dragon story you wanted?