Saint George and the Dragon - Into the Maw of Danger - European - Extra Mythology

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  • @brianlewolfhunt
    @brianlewolfhunt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1875

    George arrives at a desolate town. "Seems like there might be a quest here. Let's go to the inn and look for exclamation points."

    • @verdatum
      @verdatum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      My character, George is getting drunk. Do I have to roll to see if I'm getting drunk? Are there any girls in the tavern? If there are, then I want to try to "do" them!!

    • @jasonng2555
      @jasonng2555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Reward: Sainthood (Charisma +10, Wisdom +5, Intelligence +5 when equipped as player title)

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep, I noticed that too. isn't that a green dragon?

    • @krealyesitisbeta5642
      @krealyesitisbeta5642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pretty much what happened.

    • @kaydubsthekoifish
      @kaydubsthekoifish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, that would be a game to play.

  • @georgewu4051
    @georgewu4051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1402

    Did the townfolks ever consider the reason the dragon stayed was because they kept feeding him?

    • @GoldLight73
      @GoldLight73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Well the alternative was the dragon coming to THEM for food.

    • @ccggenius
      @ccggenius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Are you implying that a dragon relates to food as a Loch Ness Monster relates to a "tree fiddy"?

    • @paulchapman8023
      @paulchapman8023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Cause must come before effect, and the dragon stayed before they started feeding him. So no, their feeding him wasn’t the reason he stayed, or at least not the only one.

    • @zentorn4500
      @zentorn4500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The dragon is simping for girls

    • @nunyabeeswax9463
      @nunyabeeswax9463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Dragons are like stray cats, once you start feeding them they are yours.

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    As someone born and raised in England, I've heard many times of the story of St George. But I never actually went further into the tale beyond the surface level "he slew a dragon" stuff. Thanks for finally teaching me the whole legend 😊

    • @G博远
      @G博远 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Each country have a version, in Brazil will say Jorge save the princess at the Moon.

    • @smivan.
      @smivan. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah there are many varieties of this legend in different countries.

    • @haggismacphreedom
      @haggismacphreedom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's what happens when you're a protestant that has never been taught about the lives of the saints, not even your own national patron.

    • @namvu2362
      @namvu2362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Hoàng Nguyên Isn't that the Catholic version? The whole dragon thing does seem to be an extra thing.

    • @Bill_Garthright
      @Bill_Garthright 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yup. And the moral to the story is that you're worthless unless you're the daughter of a king, right? George would have just ridden on by if they'd still been sacrificing peasants, huh? :)

  • @thealgerian3285
    @thealgerian3285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    The King actually putting noblemen's name and even his own daughter's into the pot without cheating is even less believable than the Dragon.

    • @jacobshore5115
      @jacobshore5115 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There’s a movie from Disney called Dragonslayer that kinda addresses this. It’s loosely based on this myth and haste king keep his daughter out of the lottery, until she forcefully volunteers herself by replacing every name in the lottery with her own.

  • @jordisegura7866
    @jordisegura7866 4 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    In the catalán-speaking territories it's said that when Saint George killed the dragon he gave a rose to the princess as a gift and the Princess gave him back a book. Every 23 of April couples do this, nowadays.

    • @m.j.vazquez4720
      @m.j.vazquez4720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      thats cool I have not heard of that

    • @thevoidlookspretty7079
      @thevoidlookspretty7079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well I wish I’d known that last April.

    • @jordinagel1184
      @jordinagel1184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Isn’t the book only a part of that because the day of San Jordi also happens to fall on the day of the book?

    • @swaglordsircumnuggets1814
      @swaglordsircumnuggets1814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The version I heard growing up in England involves a rose too. When George slew the dragon it's blood turned into a rose which he gave to the princess and she gave him a gift in return that I can't recall the specifics of.. The version I remember doesn't involve any dragon taming either and ends with the town converting to Christianity

    • @milesmeloni4350
      @milesmeloni4350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was in Barcelona when this happened, there were rose stands in all of the markets. There was even rose gelato! Also, there was dragon/rose symbolism everywhere

  • @Pikazilla
    @Pikazilla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1105

    history's first written account of saving Peach from Bowser
    and it continues to this day
    *Peach needs a restraining order*

    • @beretperson
      @beretperson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Andromeda though.

    • @Nazrega
      @Nazrega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Before I even read this I played Bowser's theme from Paper Mario when the dragon appeared, haha.

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Princess Zelda: "Allow me to introduce myself".

    • @christopherbacon1077
      @christopherbacon1077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Against Bowser, Mario, Luigi or all three?

    • @Lightspeeds
      @Lightspeeds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@christopherbacon1077 Yes. The one not into that is Daisy.

  • @alymoose53
    @alymoose53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    You know, now I'm kind of disappointed that this story didn't turn into "The Adventures of George, Princess and their Pet Dragon".

    • @mrdoge9508
      @mrdoge9508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ikr

    • @williamking6787
      @williamking6787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah this could totally be a great D&D one shot if all but one of your party members bail
      Just roll up a high level fighter or paladin and have them rescue a princess from an adult green dragon

    • @shreempfriedrice
      @shreempfriedrice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or just have a charisma build and befriend the dragon. Boom free pet dragon and wife

    • @silverscalederg8632
      @silverscalederg8632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      could have been that eras wmd but noooo "heroics"

    • @DanteYewToob
      @DanteYewToob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I like to think he just pulled a DragonHeart and pretended to kill the dragon and kept him as a pet. “He thrust his sword under his wing” sounds lot like when you stick a sword in your armpit to take dead… lmao
      That dragon totally played dead and they ran off happily ever after with the reward money and cute princess.

  • @josiahcain4176
    @josiahcain4176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +805

    There are other versions of the story where George agrees to slay the dragon but only if the town is willing to convert to christianity.

    • @rollo216
      @rollo216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Josiah Cain how knightly

    • @devinlupei5071
      @devinlupei5071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      I think there's also another version where George converts the dragon to Christianity.

    • @admiralyifan9326
      @admiralyifan9326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@devinlupei5071 What the absolute f-

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@devinlupei5071
      That's the tarrasque.

    • @mobeenkhan824
      @mobeenkhan824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Preston Jones
      Are you talking about scp 682?

  • @elimartin3982
    @elimartin3982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    Matthew: be like Saint George.
    Me: *mounts a cow, puts on a hazmat suit and a mask, and draw out a giant shot* the crusade knows no bounds

    • @stormwings3236
      @stormwings3236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hi there Don Kixote

    • @pez4
      @pez4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don Quijote ¿acaso es usted? :O

    • @yeetthyannoyingchild2346
      @yeetthyannoyingchild2346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like how you said I'll put on a mask. Very nice.

  • @thenewdarkmatter
    @thenewdarkmatter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    I like the fact that George was dressed as a byzantine soldier

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      You just have to check those orthodox icons 😉

    • @agihammerthief8953
      @agihammerthief8953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      More like a Roman soldier, actually. George was a really early saint, after all.

    • @realThomastheCat
      @realThomastheCat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@agihammerthief8953 Byzantines are Roman so what's your point?

    • @HaloFTW55
      @HaloFTW55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wasn't he a Centurion who was martyred?

    • @bokoda7207
      @bokoda7207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@HaloFTW55 buzantines are eastern roman a name given to them by everyone else, so roman =/= rome =/= byzantine.

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    Matthew: "And his name... Was George".
    (Everybody starts singing the George of the Jungle theme)
    Matthew: "Sigh... Not that one! That was a story for another Extra Mythology episode!"

    • @culturainutil861
      @culturainutil861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brazilians: JORGE VEIO LA DA CAPADOCIA MONTANDO SEU CAVALO NA MÃO A SUA LANÇAAA

    • @personalRCH
      @personalRCH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Watch out for those teeth!

    • @the_tactician9858
      @the_tactician9858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And his name is JOHN CENA!!

    • @ericnoble5194
      @ericnoble5194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If everybody did burst into the George of the Jungle theme, I would be so incredibly happy.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I admit that I did.

  • @MatheusCayresdeMello
    @MatheusCayresdeMello 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Curious how Saint George myth reminds me of Andromeda myth, as she was also a princess tied waiting for a monster to come

    • @magicpentameter
      @magicpentameter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's a lot like Susanoo and the Orochi too

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Literary and legendary motifs tend to get around. Look up the "Chaoskampf" for another example.

    • @paulchapman8023
      @paulchapman8023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ninja Hombrepalito yes, that was Perseus.

    • @JohnZ117
      @JohnZ117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Hoàng Nguyên Probably because he didn't do the full term. ;)

    • @micheasz2552
      @micheasz2552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Hoàng Nguyên I do not think this is the case. I would rather say that rising from the death is one of the universal religious motives repeating in most of religions, and it's not necessarily stolen.

  • @lisajohansson655
    @lisajohansson655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Growing up in Sweden, I was told this story but waaaay different. It began with Georges (called Göran in Sweden) father testamenting his possessions to his sons, and since George was the youngest, he only got a cloak, a walking stick and a donkey. George then det of and ended up in a chapel close to the plagued city, where he took service. The chapelmaster told him about the situation that the innkeep said here, and George immedietely rode his donkey to rescue the princess. When he arrived she was praying for her life and a lightning from a clear sky turned Georges donkey into a white horse, his cloak into a shining armour and his walking stick into a sword. The dragon shocked from the lightning fel on its back, and George slayed it, saving the princess.

    • @GanarfGeorgie
      @GanarfGeorgie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is a really cool version of George/ Goran's story! Thank you for sharing that one!

  • @cennethadameveson3715
    @cennethadameveson3715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Being of a Welsh extraction, I don't hold with dragon slaying:-)
    Keep up the good work!

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I prefer Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon myself...

    • @Baelor-Breakspear
      @Baelor-Breakspear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha it’s funny because dragon on flag. Haha

    • @fluffskunk
      @fluffskunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That dragon had surrendered. Big tough St. George slew a captive.

  • @jackdalton2538
    @jackdalton2538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    We haven't had a Walpole cameo in a while

  • @VerrouSuo
    @VerrouSuo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    Oh, I get it. It probably went down like this:
    George’s player: “I roll to tame the dragon.”
    DM/God: “Uh, you’re like, a fourth level paladin. You’d need a -“
    George’s player [rolls]: “Nat 20.”
    DM/God: “Dagnabit, Greg.”
    George’s Player [triumphantly]: “I take the dragon back into town, then stab it in the heart to kill it in front of everyone.”
    DM/God: “Dude, again, you’re like, fourth level, with no magic items, and -“
    George’s Player: “Nat 20.”
    DM/God: “I SWEAR, GREG.”

    • @ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758
      @ireallyhatemakingupnamesfo1758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Watch OSP's video on the Tarasque, it's basically the same thing

    • @xyvazkrown8048
      @xyvazkrown8048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yeah, felt like the "morale of the story" was the DM made an encounter that was too strong, the player decided to be a dumb and since the DM didn't like killing his players let some sort of BS happen so the game could keep going.

    • @justafaniv1097
      @justafaniv1097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's a shame Greg got killed by the King's viceroy.

    • @Rehteal
      @Rehteal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Except the princess's player is the one that rolled 20s. George got a 1 with his spear, and a 1 with getting spat on by acid. She got a 20 with saving him, she got a 20 with the belt throw. Let's put credit where it's actually due.

    • @marsgreekgod
      @marsgreekgod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is why I don't let nat 20s do anything on skill checks

  • @DavidChipman
    @DavidChipman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Some of these details seem hysterically embellished, but I loved it!

    • @qwertyqwerty-ek7dy
      @qwertyqwerty-ek7dy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      There is no way the dragon was that big.
      Smh.

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      yeah, like the fact HE WAS FIGHTING A FUCKING DRAGON

    • @unicornsprinkles3277
      @unicornsprinkles3277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, like everyone knows the dragon was red

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@unicornsprinkles3277 The Dragon was a paid actor.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well, we know that a certain Georges of Lydia slew a bandit prince called Nahfr, which mean "snake" or "dragon"... But it's better when you talk about a real dragon :p

  • @mr.whistler6114
    @mr.whistler6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Strange, each time I heard that story, George stabs the dragon with his spear. And from the very blood of the beast that poured the grass came flowers, roses that spread all over the battlefield and covered the carcass. Since then, Geroge has often been associated with the said flower.

  • @Galemont1992
    @Galemont1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Being born on at George's day this myth feels close to heart. Tho lucky I was not called George xD

  • @rahulvishnu4426
    @rahulvishnu4426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    When the dragon became tame, I switched sides. I secretly hoped that they would adopt that kitty. Alas!

    • @stepmi
      @stepmi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Did he just slaughtered a pet dragon?
      EDIT: Is whole story about enslaving your enemy, seeing them driven before you, and slaughtering them on the town square(probably ritualistically)?

    • @ThomasstevenSlater
      @ThomasstevenSlater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Saint Cuthbert would have kept the dragon alive then in 793 the dragon would have scared off the Vikings.

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Dragon killed a lot of citizens from that town. They would probably kill the beast themselves, to avenge their fallen ones

    • @ohadgoldhagen1095
      @ohadgoldhagen1095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *someone* has played to much dnd lmao

    • @mjbull5156
      @mjbull5156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That the dragon was acting tame does not solve the problem of having nothing to feed the dragon except people.

  • @templetonf
    @templetonf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "There was only a gaunt old man waiting behind the bar"
    The man's head and shoulders are twice as wide as St. George's...

  • @HailNeatoBurrito
    @HailNeatoBurrito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Man the Emperor stuffing the Void Dragon into Mars was really cool.

  • @leojaksic8372
    @leojaksic8372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Every time I hear of this tale, I feel as if we haven't heard the dragon's part of the story. I have a feeling like he's been framed.

    • @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17
      @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The dragon was an orphan who couldn't get any dragon food on the poverty stricken streets of dragon London, so he resorted to the free meals of these humans

  • @aljosapecilj3183
    @aljosapecilj3183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This story really comes close to heart when st George is your patron saint that protects your house.

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is why I Appreciate St. George in FGO unlike Everyone else

    • @chipsnfish7716
      @chipsnfish7716 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And so do I

    • @TheNapster153
      @TheNapster153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one wants to admit how useful the guys is especially on older boss runs I've seen

  • @GallowglassAxe
    @GallowglassAxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    George, George, George of the kingdom. Knightly as he can be....

    • @LucarioDoT
      @LucarioDoT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "loud screaming*

    • @everdream4200
      @everdream4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      watch out for that.......martyrdom!

  • @ninjaluc79
    @ninjaluc79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Thou art a dragon! ASCALON!

    • @ShadowBaron22
      @ShadowBaron22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sumani brother

    • @7shiki950
      @7shiki950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ah yes a dragon is a dragon

    • @brambl3014
      @brambl3014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Everyone's a dragon

    • @GoldLight73
      @GoldLight73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And dragons are just big swallows

    • @alejandromojarro904
      @alejandromojarro904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah yes the dragon slaying hero I never use to slay dragons. Instead ironically use dragons to kill dragons. Shuten, kiyohime, and Mecha liz

  • @tuquanghuy1996
    @tuquanghuy1996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Georgios: Art thou a dragon?
    Bicorn: What? No, I'm a b...
    Georgios: YES THOU ART!!!
    Siegfried: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

    • @christianrose9166
      @christianrose9166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      NANJI WA RYUU!

    • @DarronGA
      @DarronGA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *TRULY A DRAGON SLAYER!*

    • @ForseMaster
      @ForseMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't care what DW says, Saint George is a top tier SSR in MY heart.

    • @johnseymore4774
      @johnseymore4774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was fast.

    • @ミラー-u8l
      @ミラー-u8l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ForseMaster grand rider will be georgios on his horse

  • @timeshark8727
    @timeshark8727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This is all much less epic when you learn that the "dragon" that inspired the legend was most likely a large monitor lizard. The oldest depictions have the dragon looking very much like a big lizard, with no wings, and a small forked "flame" coming from its mouth that looks suspiciously like the forked tongue that flicks in an out of a monitor lizard's mouth.
    Side note: monitor lizards are reasonably common in those areas, and a big one is no joke. Nile monitors grow to over 6 ft in length, are extremely fast and active hunters, excellent swimmers, and have mildly toxic bites... easily capable of killing and eating many types of farm animals or unprepared humans. Black-throated monitors are another possibility, slightly shorter in length but more heavily built than Nile monitors. Africa and the middle east have many different species of these large lizards to chose from.

  • @jannestiemes4328
    @jannestiemes4328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    So ... about this George, was he curious?

    • @MichaelBirks
      @MichaelBirks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Dragon wore a yellow hat.

    • @lunaequinox7333
      @lunaequinox7333 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m so glad I’m not the only one whose brain went there!

  • @joelsasmad
    @joelsasmad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    That was kinda lame George! You could have had a pet dragon.

    • @agihammerthief8953
      @agihammerthief8953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, but dragons in medieval and earlier legends were generally thought to wither life and vegetation by their very presence, and having a trail of pestilence and death is maybe not the best look for a questing knight.

    • @redlightning2322
      @redlightning2322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@agihammerthief8953 but that'd be so OP in battle tho.

    • @sonalibanerjee7436
      @sonalibanerjee7436 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christianity

  • @G博远
    @G博远 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    SALVE JORGE! SALVE OGUM!
    I just love this video, I'm really devoted for this Saint, he is the most popular Saint in my city, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
    In Brazilian version Jorge go to the Moon to save this Princess, many Brazilians also can see Sainte George at the Moon (where the Aztecs saw a Rabbit, so, for me is a Chavalry 😅).
    Also in Brazil, S.Jorge is also Ogum, Yorubá god of War, knowledge and Iron.

    • @andre_cinelli
      @andre_cinelli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Salve Jorge, de um carioca :)

  • @rionthemagnificent2971
    @rionthemagnificent2971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    He offered to Slay the dragon if the people of Sliene would convert to Christianity after he did the deed. St. George was venerated as a saint due to Martyrdom, as he was a Roman soldier who was executed for being an early Christian.

    • @XochiCh
      @XochiCh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, the dragon was the Devil himself.

    • @Minifutzi_o.O
      @Minifutzi_o.O 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      but nevertheless a Roman, and that's more than enough^^

    • @painvillegaming4119
      @painvillegaming4119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@XochiCh or a demon

  • @raulflores7252
    @raulflores7252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Patiently waiting for Saint Martha and the tarasque

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Save Martha!

    • @artsman412
      @artsman412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Check out Overly Sarcastic Productions. They covered that over there.

  • @hrpstudios8905
    @hrpstudios8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really love this legend! In Catalonia, we gift red roses and books because according to our version, from the dragon's blood a rose bloomed.

  • @DenDenMushi17
    @DenDenMushi17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Our school was named after st. George. We had a giant painting of him and the dragon in the entrance hall. Never heard the full story though.

  • @fraincross8644
    @fraincross8644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    ASCALON! **FGO Flashbacks**

    • @hesuchristian
      @hesuchristian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A fellow man of culture i see.

    • @Clock1724
      @Clock1724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I see you are man of culture

    • @card9247
      @card9247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Now to follow it up with his buddy Siegfried. BALMUNG!

  • @christopherverhoef9112
    @christopherverhoef9112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    So one of the oldest dragon-slaying myths involves a princess saving a knight from a dragon rather than the other way around?

  • @XaurielZ
    @XaurielZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Villagers: "Let's feed the dragon, that will definitely get it to leave"

  • @blueorag8723
    @blueorag8723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love everything this channel does but the mythology videos are my absolute favorite

  • @ytuberrRolid397
    @ytuberrRolid397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    St. George's story kind of sounds like what happened to Perseus in greek mythology. He also saved a woman from a monster(Cetus) near a body of water

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some impeccable timing for our hero to visit the city.
    Just as the king's daughter was being offered to the dragon.

  • @steevemartial4084
    @steevemartial4084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd love to see more about saints in extra mythology :)

  • @VivianSweets
    @VivianSweets 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that the Princess looks so pissed when George slays the dragon, she was obviously thinking about riding that bad boy around.

  • @abysmalace1399
    @abysmalace1399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love this channel, the mythology is the best part too.

  • @CarbonKnights
    @CarbonKnights 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone: "Oh the dragon's tame now, what a cool pet"
    Saint George: "DIE BEAST"

    • @jayblondi
      @jayblondi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes evil anyway what he used was cheating how can a bunch of cow hide and rubbish do that

  • @snake2250
    @snake2250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Clicked this because St. Georgios is the homie in Fate/Grand Order.

    • @fatefanboy6917
      @fatefanboy6917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah he's always there to help/take a noble Phantasm to the face for you

    • @taskdon769
      @taskdon769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So...I guess the next is dragon punching nun?

    • @LionHeartSamy
      @LionHeartSamy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      THOU ART A DRAGON!

    • @jmichael9751
      @jmichael9751 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      CQ boss with a million HP:
      Borrows a Merlin support, my best dps class advantage unit, and George in the front line.
      “My body is ready, Master.” -George (probably)

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DO NOT HURT LIZ BATHORY! So what she cannot sing... let dragons be.

  • @nicholasdelucena1260
    @nicholasdelucena1260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    St. George is a very popular saint in Brazil, being the patron of the armed forces and the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he has his own holiday on April 23rd. Part of his popularity here is due to the fact he was syncretized with the orixás Ogum (in Rio de Janeiro) and Oxóssi (elsewhere in Brazil).

  • @K9TheFirst1
    @K9TheFirst1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I admit, this story excited me a lot more than past episodes.

  • @naurahdeatrisyagitany8365
    @naurahdeatrisyagitany8365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Has anyone here read The Priory of the Orange Tree? It's an amazing retelling and deconstruction of Saint George and the Dragon

    • @davidhoran5001
      @davidhoran5001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Naurah Deatrisya Gitany what’s the story?

  • @giboi03
    @giboi03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    So, moral lesson is always carry a belt to tame a dragon with?
    Sounds fair

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the moral is always "have faith in god" or something like it

    • @totallycrazystudios1801
      @totallycrazystudios1801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like your Cat Noir picture

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In the original Golden legend, it's not the belt but the spear thrust that tame the dragon... after making the cross sign and a prayer to Jesus, of course :p

    • @giboi03
      @giboi03 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@totallycrazystudios1801 thank you

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krankarvolund7771 So he basicaly wololo'd the dragon

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is one of the most classic Dragon Slaying myth. I love this story.

  • @SultanKhan-nd6gs
    @SultanKhan-nd6gs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Do a collab with history matters

  • @moonman5880
    @moonman5880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If I had a pet dragon - Anyone who slays my dragon will be slayed themselves

    • @averongodoffire8098
      @averongodoffire8098 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya for me dragon slaying stories are like angel or dog hunting stories

    • @christopherbacon1077
      @christopherbacon1077 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The princess is definitely giving him a dirty look.

  • @jp4431
    @jp4431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The only true dragon tamer is Donkey. He tamed that dragon goooood

  • @RavnVidarson
    @RavnVidarson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Warhammer 40k lore, Saint George is actually one of the identities of the man who would eventually be known as the Emperor of Mankind. The dragon he slew was an alien entity known as the Void Dragon, one of the C'tan.

  • @holdencross5134
    @holdencross5134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jorge vem de lá da Capadócia
    Montado em seu cavalo
    Na mão a sua lança
    Defendendo o povo do perigo
    Das mazelas do inimigo
    Vem trazendo a esperança
    Jorge, nosso povo brasileiro
    Tem alma de guerreiro
    Não cansa de lutar
    Enfrentando um dragão por dia
    Na sua companhia
    A gente chega lá
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge na rua)
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge)
    Jorge vem de lá da Capadócia
    Montado em seu cavalo
    Na mão a sua lança
    Defendendo o povo do perigo
    Das mazelas do inimigo
    Vem trazendo a esperança
    Jorge, nosso povo brasileiro
    Tem alma de guerreiro
    Não cansa de lutar
    Enfrentando um dragão por dia
    Na sua companhia
    A gente chega lá
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge na rua)
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge na rua)
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge na rua)
    Olhando para o céu eu sou capaz de ver
    (Salve Jorge na lua)
    Tropeçando e levantando sempre com você
    (Salve Jorge na rua)

  • @joedredd1168
    @joedredd1168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saint George, Patron of England, noble warrior and beast slayer, I am truely honoured to have him as my nation's Saint.

  • @tammyt3434
    @tammyt3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Once upon a time, a princess tamed a dragon, saving her village with her courage and intelligence. When she returned to the village to show her people, a passing knight killed the thing and took all the credit for centuries to follow.

    • @achintyanaithani889
      @achintyanaithani889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...you have issues, bro.

    • @galaxydeathskrill5607
      @galaxydeathskrill5607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually this reminds me of the Maud and the dragon/Dragon of Mordford(the winged dragon). Very unknown story, but similar to what you said

    • @gustavoritter7321
      @gustavoritter7321 ปีที่แล้ว

      This version of the story told here is very strange. The version I was always told is very different

  • @zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998
    @zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good enthusiasm during the battle scene. I approve

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is cool! It’s the classic knight slays a dragon to save the princess story! These are consistently fun videos guys! Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

  • @mathismoney5335
    @mathismoney5335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was probably the inspiration for green dragons from AD&D.

  • @chowyee5049
    @chowyee5049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I see you there, Walpole. 2:12

    • @mjbull5156
      @mjbull5156 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walpole would write his chit in disappearing ink.

  • @Yufuscamci
    @Yufuscamci 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Don't know why but your videos somehow make me emotional every. single. time.

  • @Methyll
    @Methyll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saint George's story, sounds very similar to Perseus myth where he saves the Greek Princess Andromeda from being sacrificed to Sea Monster Cetus. Wouldn't be surprised that the story of Saint George like many other christian myths were originally pagan myths that were ported over, as the European continent was being Christianized.

  • @mureithikivuti
    @mureithikivuti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the town slowly tamed the dragon without realizing by giving it food.
    Man, they would have had a pet dragon to protect them. But they killed it!!!

  • @tyronechillifoot5573
    @tyronechillifoot5573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's paintings of him even In Ethiopia

    • @G博远
      @G博远 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He fought against Italians in the Adwa battle

  • @3ch056
    @3ch056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The moral of the story of St. George, life is like an RPG game sometimes

  • @Cordeliaceps
    @Cordeliaceps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aww, Zoe made him a mask! Making masks and giving them to those you love and anyone who needs one is a great way to do something positive in these challenging times. (Wearing a mask is also helping others, thank you to everyone who does!)

  • @jackmyers8687
    @jackmyers8687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved celebrating St George's Day as a kid.

  • @marinamoraes6174
    @marinamoraes6174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Was George Christian from the hero go, or was he absobed into Christian mythos later?

    • @GallowglassVT
      @GallowglassVT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Seems to be. There was a historical Christian martyr referred to as George of Lydda.

    • @lennyfritz736
      @lennyfritz736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      In all reality he was actually a Christian Roman soldier who refused to give up his Faith and was martyred for it.

    • @PelicanOfDeath
      @PelicanOfDeath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      From what I know, he was christian from the start, but sainthood in general is extremely hit-or-miss in Christianity, with some sects doing saint stuff, some not, and some despising the whole practice.

    • @yalkn2073
      @yalkn2073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Second one

    • @KamikazethecatII
      @KamikazethecatII 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      George is in Islam too, but I think originally it was a Christian story.

  • @Lohengrin88
    @Lohengrin88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I played Assassin's Creed Valhalla and a certain quest was to collect St. George's Armor - I immediately dropped every quest for it.

  • @archsteel7
    @archsteel7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Okay, but it feels like killing the dragon at the end was kind of a dick move. He was calm at that point!

  • @eyeizarandummugga
    @eyeizarandummugga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Extra Credits: Let me introduce to you St. George
    Me: *FGO flashbacks intensifying*

  • @petermann673
    @petermann673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Huh. So that's where CGP Grey's dragon story came from.
    I had been under the impression that CGP Grey's tale was a metaphor for transhumanism and ending the dragon of mortality.

    • @quincykunz3481
      @quincykunz3481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Both. He used the story as a starting point to establish a metaphor.

  • @mostdefinitelynotadurian
    @mostdefinitelynotadurian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you know what i like about watching these myths, is that i can speculate what inspired the stories behind it. Like for example in this tale, it is possible some kind of disease or even intentional poisoning took place in the lake, the farmers irrigated the water to their crops, killing it in the process. Either their farm animals die cause of drinking the poisonous water or they did in fact sacrifice them, thinking it would solve the problem. This is only my interpretation of the tale of course

  • @Kobrag90
    @Kobrag90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excuse me, glass drinking ware would be far too expensive for a common inn to have during this time period?

    • @konst80hum
      @konst80hum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cyrene has always been a major city in the Mediterranean coast. Especialy in Roman times.

  • @hoang9982
    @hoang9982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    be thankful for his 3 turns protection

  • @michaeldonahue1009
    @michaeldonahue1009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:30 "a cloud of toxic venom" as opposed to the kind of venom that is non-toxic?

    • @feha92
      @feha92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe as opposed to a venom that is venomous?

    • @bastard-took-the-name-I-had
      @bastard-took-the-name-I-had 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea not that venom that itches

  • @Tommy-5684
    @Tommy-5684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the way you tell this story has some interesting parallels with the Greek Hero Persius who saved a Princess from a sea monster if i recall

  • @Deas-Mhumhna
    @Deas-Mhumhna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think this is a good allegory/message for today's time. Are you a villager, king, or saint George. I hope more people are like George and look out for others over their own self interests.

  • @SilasC
    @SilasC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a version related to orange tree - that works as a mana/health pool

  • @0penthaughtz
    @0penthaughtz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm pretty sure a lot of orthodox Christians are familiar with the story.

  • @zuzucha5881
    @zuzucha5881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are many versions on this myth. The vatalonian version includes the blood from the fallen dragon becoming red roses, thus the tradition of gifting roses on Saint George's day.

  • @ImmmaI
    @ImmmaI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All your series like mythology and history should be a separate channels to follow so it's easier to browse playlists and videos

  • @MFLimited
    @MFLimited 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Happy St. George’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @christopheschermesser5440
    @christopheschermesser5440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wait, so actually, George didn't really beat the dragon, the princess did. George only killed a defenceless pet, instead of taking away from there. What a great hero this one.

    • @painvillegaming4119
      @painvillegaming4119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair the legend differs depending on the place like well a legend
      Am a orthodox Christian from Egypt and in Egypt George killed the dragon with his spear
      Also the dragon killed alot of kids so I ain’t having sympathy for it plus there is also that little fact that it also told to be a demon

  • @gbishel
    @gbishel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very nice D&D setting

  • @murlocknight1427
    @murlocknight1427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel like the princess did more in that story, honestly, All George did was ruin a good spear and untie somebody.

    • @swaglordsircumnuggets1814
      @swaglordsircumnuggets1814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...And tame then kill the dragon. Did you miss the part where George had the idea of throwing the belt?

  • @dylanthechillinvillain2488
    @dylanthechillinvillain2488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never heard this one before, but I loved it, keep up the great work!!

  • @TheEvilDatsuTube
    @TheEvilDatsuTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    São Jorge me empresta o dragão!

  • @davidgustavsson4000
    @davidgustavsson4000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To me, saint George is the story of how any disease is treatable as long as the people affected are rich and powerful enough.

  • @chaoticreality2510
    @chaoticreality2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Someone tell me how did 1169 people watch a 7:44 in 4 minutes of its release?

    • @thefandomguy4202
      @thefandomguy4202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rome_Legionary It adds to the views once someone begins watching the video, not when they finish it.

  • @Z_F-P_22
    @Z_F-P_22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you missed a key part about his shield splattering with blood to create the st. george’s crosse- as an english person i gotta say i don’t remember much depth as they probably didn’t go too deep when we where in school but the shield was definitely a key part

  • @Cheshire1501
    @Cheshire1501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    First Cu and now Greorge
    Someone in the writting team is a FGO player

  • @tehbonehead
    @tehbonehead 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "Guards, Guards!" telling is still my fave...

  • @jamcdonald120
    @jamcdonald120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you know, I would rather have a pet dragon than a dead dragon

    • @kcuf3301
      @kcuf3301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I no they still exist somewhere

  • @paulchapman8023
    @paulchapman8023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saint George, Perseus, Beowulf, Sigurd, Mario...
    They all have such similar stories that I wonder if they’re all inspired by the same guy, or the same event.

    • @painvillegaming4119
      @painvillegaming4119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sur there are record of Saint George existence since he became a saint because he got tortured to 7 years straight

  • @LonAiLuc
    @LonAiLuc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    NOTICE ME SEMPEI

  • @MatTheArtisan
    @MatTheArtisan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a member of the knightly guild of Saint George, I support this greatly