Margaret's dragon does usually seem to be male, though as I
said in a previous message, I think there's sometimes a
case for reading it as symbolically female. The person
who's written the St George book is Sam Riches: the book id
forthcoming from Sutton.
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 11:03:56 -0000 "John A.W.Lock"
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> Subject: gendered dragons
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> <snip>
>
> > what about St. Margaret and
> > dragon (i.e. the one she emerges from)? are there any
> > indications whether this beast is thought of as male
> > or female?
>
>
> according to one version I've seen (BL Stowe 611) and others by quotation
> and repute definitely male. Nothing funny about St. Margaret. 'Mon frere
> Ruffi' (aka Rufus) as described by fiend No.1.
>
> ... I was on the verge of putting in a plea for the male dragons before
> they were entirely erased from the collective historical/mythological
> consciousness by the airbrush of female assertiveness... why can't they
> settle for having all the good jobs?
>
> (I hasten to add that I write with tongue in cheek, though I am sure there
> ought to be a better and more appropriate literary equivalent!).
>
> regards
>
> john a w lock
>
>
> >
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