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Saint George slaying the dragon, as depicted by Paolo Uccello, c. 1470. A dragonslayer is a person or being that slays dragons.Dragonslayers and the creatures they hunt have been popular in traditional stories from around the world: they are a type of story classified as type 300 in the Aarne–Thompson classification system. [1]
The iconography of military saints Theodore, George and Demetrius as horsemen is a direct continuation of the Roman-era "Thracian horseman" type iconography.The iconography of the dragon appears to grow out of the serpent entwining the "tree of life" on one hand, and with the draco standard used by late Roman cavalry on the other.
Saint George and the Dragon (2 C, 40 P) Saint George (martyr) (5 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Dragonslayers" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr [ˈsiɣˌurðr]) or Siegfried (Middle High German: Sîvrit) is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon—known in some Old Norse sources as Fáfnir—and who was later murdered, in the Nordic countries with the epithet "Fáfnir's bane" (Danish: Fafnersbane, Icelandic: Fáfnisbani, Norwegian ...
A sky dragon. Foster parent of Wendy Marvell, the sky dragon slayer. The Great Red Dragon Bone: Created by Jeff Smith. Genryū Naruto: The Genryu are five legendary dragons that represent the five elemental natures: earth, water, wind, fire, and lightning. Igneel Fairy Tail: Foster father of Natsu Dragneel. Taught Natsu a rare ancient magic ...
Iconographic representations of St Theodore as dragon-slayer are dated to as early as the 7th century, certainly by the early 10th century (the oldest certain depiction of Theodore killing a dragon is at Aghtamar, dated c. 920). [20] Theodore is reported as having destroyed a dragon near Euchaita in
Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth, by Maxfield Parrish, 1908. He was then instructed by Athena to sow the dragon's teeth in the ground, from which there sprang a race of fierce armed men, called the Spartoi ("sown"). By throwing a stone among them, Cadmus caused them to fall upon one another until only five survived, who assisted him to build ...
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