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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