


In the first How To Train Your Dragon novel, the Vikings of Berk use trained dragons for hunting and travel.Ĭapturing and training your own dragon is an important right of passage for Berk’s youth. This makes Hiccup’s friendship with the Night Fury, Toothless, and his attempts to train him, strictly forbidden. The core conflict of the first How To Train Your Dragon film is the ongoing war between Vikings and Dragons. Hiccup struggles to impress his father in the first film. The Vikings are not at war with the Dragons (at least not to begin with). Here are some of the most significant differences between the How To Train Your Dragon book series and the films. That, more or less, is where the similarities end. Both book and film centre on the adventures of a young Viking, Hiccup Haddock, and his dragon, Toothless. They are both set around the Island of Berk.

The amount of differences between the two are really quite astounding. While popular, the How To Train Your Dragon films are almost nothing like the books on which they are based.
