Think of St George and you're probably picturing a heroic knight slaying a ferocious, fire-breathing dragon.
Today (April 23), pupils at Eldon Primary School were treated to a live retelling of the legend.
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He found the beast in his lair, and threw his spear at him. However, the dragon’s scales were so hard that they shattered the spear.
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Undeterred, Sir George unsheathed his sword and charged at the dragon, driving his weapon into the soft underbelly of the beast, killing him dead. Sir George took the princess back to the King, and the town celebrated.
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Images of George and the dragon survive from the 9th century – 500 years after his death. Originally these may simply have been representations of the battle between Good and Evil. But the story was developed and popularised in the Middle Ages in a compendium of stories about saints’ lives, The Golden Legend.