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Colin
Unregistered User
(9/26/01 5:03:20 pm)
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Saint George and the Dragon
Does anyone know any similar tales or links?
jfoote@fcgnetworks.net
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Helen
Registered User
(9/26/01 5:35:09 pm)
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Greek myth ...
Greek myth is rather rich with heroes conquering/confronting serpents, from Apollo and the serpent at Delphi to Jason and the dragon at Colchis. Exactly what kind of a similarity did you have in mind?
Helen
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janeyolen
Unregistered User
(9/26/01 9:46:00 pm)
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dragons
So is Germanic folk literature.
Jane
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Kamui
Unregistered User
(9/27/01 11:36:48 am)
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Re: Greek myth. . .
Hercules and the Hydra comes to mind. Oh, and that one about the founding of a city because of the serpent's teeth? Darn, I can't remember!
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Helen
Registered User
(9/27/01 1:02:55 pm)
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Greek myth ...
Cadmus. Jason also had to face a field of men who sprouted from the sown seeds of a serpent/dragon's teeth ... interesting recurring image.
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Kamui
Unregistered User
(9/27/01 3:53:54 pm)
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Re: Greek myth
The image stems, I believe, from the idea of the world in relation to a serpent that swallows its own tail. In some cases, this was the reason for day and night; in others, the world was to end when the serpent succeeded in swallowing itself. Serpents have always been married to creation and destruction. (This is especially clear in the typical Christian creation ideology, but also appears in Mesoamerican myth, among others.)
Dunno if St. George and his dragon shares any ties to these, though. Been a long time since I've read any account of ol' George.
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summersinger
Registered User
(11/13/01 4:56:18 pm)
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Re: Saint George and the Dragon
My term paper last year touched on that. I was trying to prove a
point, of course, and so the paper took a rather simple view the
snake topic, which could be seen in lots of ways. Here's the paper:
tbns.net/prisms/paper
The part on St. George is about halfway through, if you don't want to read the whole thing.
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erzebet
Registered User
(11/13/01 5:38:02 pm)
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dragons
And don't forget the Babylonian legend of Marduk who slayed the great dragon Tiamat.
Erz
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