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ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

Added on: 23rd Apr 2014

 

 

THE MEDIEVAL LEGEND OF ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

 

IS OVER A THOUSAND YEARS OLD. THE TALE GOES THAT

 

THE DRAGON MADE IT’S NEST BY THE FRESH WATER SPRING

 

NEAR THE TOWN OF SILENE IN LIBYA. WHEN PEOPLE CAME

 

TO COLLECT WATER, THEY INADVERTENTLY DISTURBED THE

 

DRAGON AND SO OFFERED SHEEP AS A DISTRACTION.

 

AFTER TIME, THERE WERE SIMPLY NO SHEEP LEFT TO OFFER

 

THE DRAGON AND SO THE PEOPLE OF SILENE DECIDED TO

 

CHOSE A MAIDEN FROM THE TOWN BY DRAWING LOTS.

 

WHEN THE RESULTS WERE READ, IT WAS REVEALED THAT

 

THE PRINCESS WAS TO BE THE DRAGON’S NEXT VICTIM.

 

DESPITE THE MONARCH’S PROTEST HIS DAUGHTER

 

CLEOLINDA WAS OFFERED TO THE DRAGON...

 

HOWEVER, AT THE MOMENT OF OFFERING, A KNIGHT

 

FROM THE CRUSADES CAME RIDING BY ON HIS WHITE STALLION.

 

ST GEORGE DISMOUNTED AND DREW HIS SWORD,

 

PROTECTING HIMSELF WITH THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.

 

HE FOUGHT THE DRAGON ON FOOT AND MANAGED TO

 

SLAY THE BEAST AND SAVED THE PRINCESS.

 

THE PEOPLE OF SILENE WERE EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL

 

AND ABANDONED THEIR PAGAN BELIEFS TO

 

CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.

 

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