The Ethiopian Dragon in the Life of Saint George
- Date of account
- Medieval Ethiopian textual tradition
- Location
- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian communities
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Ethiopian versions of the Life of Saint George circulate the widespread dragon-slaying legend in Ge’ez and later manuscript traditions. The dragon episode is a specific, identifiable textual tradition rather than a report of a zoological animal encountered in medieval Ethiopia. It matters for comparison because Ethiopian manuscripts localized or transmitted an international saintly monster motif within African Christian settings. Questions include which recension is being examined, how closely it follows Greek or Arabic predecessors, and whether illustrations or local oral performance add details absent from the written text.
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