The Dragon-Slaying Episode in the Ethiopian Book of the Saints
- Date of account
- Medieval Ethiopian manuscript tradition
- Location
- Ethiopian Orthodox liturgical and manuscript culture
- Source
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- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Ethiopian Synaxarium preserves saints’ commemorations and narratives translated and adapted through the Ge’ez Christian tradition. Dragon, serpent, and monstrous-beast episodes occur within this wider hagiographic corpus, often attached to saints whose stories originated outside Ethiopia. This is a valuable lead for tracking transmission rather than proving an unknown creature: a monster can move between Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopian literary environments while acquiring local names or imagery. Exact episodes, dating, and wording depend on the particular Synaxarium recension and manuscript consulted.
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