Humans as Prey: the Spectre of the Alpha Predator

European dragons occupied a very specific pyschological relationship with humanity. How did the idea of the alpha predator, mythological or not, help humanity form its sense of self and identity? 

Clip taken from our longer lecture: Dragons: A History

Professor Ronald Hutton

Professor Ronald Hutton

Gresham Professor of Divinity

Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He took degrees at Cambridge and then Oxford Universities, and was a fellow of...

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