The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art by Sara Kuehn, Sebastian Günther, et al - HTML preview

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PART III

THE DRAGON AND ITS ROyAL AND HEROIC ASSOCIATIONS

6 The Dragon in Scenes of Combat 87

a The dragon combat in ancient myth 87

b Iconography of the medieval dragon-fighter 92

c The Eastern Christian holy rider as dragon-fighter 102

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7 The Dragon in Relation to Royal or Heroic Figures 111

a Royal and heroic associations of the dragon in literary

accounts 111

b Paired dragons with a central anthropomorphic figure 113

c Symbolism of the dragon’s tongue 127

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