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Gypsy and the Dragon
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Region: Russia
Time Period:
References in Literature: None
Sources: Legends of the Dragon, Sargen, Tempest1

Tale:

An evil dragon devoured a Russian town until Yuri, a gypsy, came by claiming to be the strongest. Yuri tricked the dragon 3 times: once by sqeezing water from cheese, once by bundling trees and last by bundling beef. Yuri led the dragon back to his troupe and the dragon was frightenedd at the thought of Yuri's 6 children have his same "powers".

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