The Tarasque of southern France — a beast so real the TOWN is named after it

Tarascon, Provence, on the Rhône. The whole town takes its name from the Tarasque, a monster from the Golden Legend (Jacobus de Voragine, 1200s) and almost certainly older Celtic-Ligurian stuff underneath. Described as a dragon-ish hybrid: lion's head, six bear legs, ox body covered in a turtle-like……