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Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: gendered dragons
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> 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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