medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In Greece & Macedonia, churches to G will sometimes show up where there
were earlier shrines to the Thracian Rider.
DW
Jon Cannon wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Someone on the list the other day bemoaned the lack of ready sources of
>hagiographical reference that take legends and miracles as seriously as
>the establishment of historical 'truth'. My work on George and others
>makes me give a big 'hear, hear' to that. Often miracles and legends are
>the most interesting aspect of many saints' story -- but getting one's
>hands on good (and in my case, translated) accounts of them is a slow
>process.
>
>There's a missing work of reference to be created there, you know...
>
>A propos of all of that, I forgot to mention how late the addition of
>the dragon is: it seems the Golden Legend is the main source of the
>popularity of this aspect of the George story, quite separate from the
>original legend, in the west.
>
>And you can add Kerala, India to the list of places under his patronage
>- in spite of having been invaded twice by other George-loving nations,
>Portugal and England.
>
>Those who requested copies of my article now have them.
>
>Jon
>
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