dragon
The dragon is an entity that St. Margaret is often pictured escaping from, or standing above. Western iconography typically depicts St. Margaret emerging from the dragon.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Dragon legend first recorded in 11th-century Georgian source, became widespread in Christian iconography as symbol of evil.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Saint George, Margaret of Antioch, Fox spirit, Athanasius, Theodore
- co occurs with
- Cyclops, Minotaur, unicorn, Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, griffins, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, Medusa, Pegasus, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Fūjin, Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Huitzilopochtli, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Nephele, Nue, Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, Landvættir, great bird, large bull, bergrisi, óvættir, dwarfs, Grendel, female attendant, Angels of the Euphrates, Four Riders, demons, angels, devils, Virgin Mary, St. James
- manifested by
- Satan, Zennyo Ryūō, Mya Nan Nwe
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“or pictured escaping from, or standing above, a dragon. While Western iconography typically depicts St. Margaret emerging from the dragon”
#1299 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to tradition, a fierce dragon was causing panic in the city of Silene in Libya when George arrived there. To keep the creature from ravaging the city, the inhabitants gave it two sheep each day”
#1343 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“First by a large dragon followed by snakes, toads and lizards who blew atter, or poison, at him, then a great bird with many smaller birds, next a large bull followed by landvættir and finally a huge bergrisi with an iron staff followed by many other jötnar.”
#7254 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the dwarf which is the focus of the XCIIIB charm, and the eoten Grendel and the dragon in Beowulf.”
#7378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Once again Lupa tries to deceive them and sends them to Pico Sacro (the Sacred Peak) to collect two of her oxen to carry the necessary material to build the tomb. She does not tell them that the mountain has a cave which is the entrance to hell and is guarded by a dragon.”
#35935 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001