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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" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 3:17 PM > Subject: gendered dragons > > <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 > > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%