MrRING
Android Futureman
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I was just reading about a new film version that is coming out about GEORGE AND THE DRAGON when I saw this interesting bit at GREG'S PREVIEWS:
Setting Note:
3/12/02 - There appears to be disagreement about when St. George existed, as this film portrays him as being a 12th century knight, even though the first references to him date back much farther, to the 3rd century, when he was reportedly a Roman officer during Diocletian's (245-313 AD) reign. The connection to England of the time portrayed in this film is that St. George reportedly talked to King Richard the Lionhearted, encouraging him in his battles, and the fact that he became the Patron Saint of England.
So is this true that the legend of an English George who slayed a dragon is based on a story much older? Wha's the real deal (as far as we can determine)?
The other odd thing is, I remember reading somewhere that the idea of a large reptile being able to live in the English climate made the story seem fictional to many... but if he didn't even meet the dragon in Enland, maybe that would add some validity to a dragon-as-reptile of some kind theory...
Setting Note:
3/12/02 - There appears to be disagreement about when St. George existed, as this film portrays him as being a 12th century knight, even though the first references to him date back much farther, to the 3rd century, when he was reportedly a Roman officer during Diocletian's (245-313 AD) reign. The connection to England of the time portrayed in this film is that St. George reportedly talked to King Richard the Lionhearted, encouraging him in his battles, and the fact that he became the Patron Saint of England.
So is this true that the legend of an English George who slayed a dragon is based on a story much older? Wha's the real deal (as far as we can determine)?
The other odd thing is, I remember reading somewhere that the idea of a large reptile being able to live in the English climate made the story seem fictional to many... but if he didn't even meet the dragon in Enland, maybe that would add some validity to a dragon-as-reptile of some kind theory...