Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@poetinbabylon @UnrighteousD 2/ ...who assumed the form of the dragon-slaying figure of St. George. To this day there exists an unusual communion of religious sites in the Holy Land where veneration of St. George and Khezr is shared. St. George is, of course, the patron saint of England. The Martial Knight.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @the_barnes_bot @guggenheimbot Slaying the dragon. Wiki: “The legend and iconography reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades.” St. George and Khezr, the original, shared, Christo-Islamic cultural archetype, presaging the wedding of these two great currents, in our time.Quoted by@the_barnes_bot @guggenheimbot Slaying the dragon. Wiki: “The legend and iconography reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades.” St. George and Khezr, the original, shared, Christo-Islamic cultural archetype, presaging the wedding of these two great currents, in our time.