In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon. The story goes that thedragon originally extorted tribute from villagers...
one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military saints, he is immortalized in the legend of Saint GeorgeandtheDragon. His feast...
Saint George Killing theDragon, also known as Saint GeorgeandtheDragon is a tempera painting by the Catalan artist Bernat Martorell, painted c. 1434 –...
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex...
but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern...
thedragon but at this point a traveling Saint George arrives. He faces and defeats thedragonand saves the princess; some versions claim that the dragon...
ballad, St. GeorgeandtheDragon, also claims St. George as an English patron. The ballad compares other mythic and historical heroes with the merit of...
A Slavic dragon is any dragon in Slavic mythology, including the Russian zmei (or zmey; змей), Ukrainian zmiy (змій), and its counterparts in other Slavic...
House of theDragon is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to Game of Thrones...