Talk:Saint George and the Dragon

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Contemporary Retelling

This was in the article on Saint George:

"A comic book, Aliens vs. Predator Annual #1, retold the story with the "dragon" of the legend revealed to be a Yautja, or Predator."

I took it out of there and have added it to this article, as it seems more relevant. Kayman1uk 09:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

EC comics had a retelling of this story where the dragon was really a joy riding alien who crashes his father spaceship on earth--BruceGrubb (talk) 12:11, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- For what it's worth, it wasn't a Predator in the Aliens vs Predator comic, it was an Alien. Xenomrph (talk) 05:23, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Small-ish Dragon

It seems to me that most European dragons are show as being larger than a house, while Saint George's dragon is almost always show much, much smaller. Why is this? 70.20.232.141 18:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baryonyx

What about claims that it's a true story and that the Dragon was a Baryonyx?

As old as the Proto-Indo-European Mythologies that are at the root of this are, they aren't that old —Preceding unsigned comment added by LamontCranston (talk • contribs) 11:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can answer that right here!

Dinosaurs by Design and Dinosaurs Those Terrible lizards Part 6

The claim about Baryonyx being the dragon George has killed is entirely false. The dragon in the tale is described to have wings and a poison breath which the dinosaur completely lacked thereof. Plus the dragon in some paintings is shown to have just 2 limbs while other painting depicts the dragon to have 4 limbs. According to the story, the dragon is described as a quadruped monster while Baryonyx is in fact only a bipedal animal. When Creationist Dan Lietha did a false portrayal of Baryonyx in his paintings, he rendered the creature as just a skinny quadruped animal with additional horns, spikes, even dog ears, making it to be everything Baryonyx in fact isn't-- What is shown in many creationist books on dinosaurs is huge example of how creationists distort folklore to fit their own corrupt agenda.--Crazyharp81602 (talk) 21:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Based on a true story (& I don't mean Hollywood style), quite possibly. Baryonyx? Given how long ago St George lived any dragon/dinosaur he/whomever may have slain is not going to be identifiable. Insufficient historical evidence to determine anything and oral history/mythology lacks value. Just look at the difficulties prooving the existence of and identifying the location of the 'mythical' Troy. 118.208.145.121 (talk) 05:01, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vegetarian/Christian Dragon

I've read in a couple of books that 'in fact' George did not kill the dragon. Instead, he converted it to Christianity, and, perhaps, persuaded it to become a vegetarian. These tales were presented as the 'correct' version of the story, implying that it is merely a myth (ironically) that George slew the dragon. I've never understood what they meant (as it's all just a legend anyway) or where they got this idea from. Has anyone else encountered this? It has troubled for some time so even if we don't come up with something for the article I hope at least my mind can be set to rest! Wikiwikiwoolgar (talk) 17:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The legend section

It needs serious clean up. It sounds like it's just telling the story, not encyclopeadic at all. Even the telling is pretty bad. "The daughter was sent out to the lake, decked out as a bride," —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.99.218.140 (talk) 20:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]