Saint George and the Dragon - Into the Maw of Danger - European - Extra Mythology
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Once there was a land beset by a dragon. The dragon breathed noxious fumes that poisoned the water and the countryside. To try and appease the dragon, the city paid it tribute in the form of farm animals, but those quickly ran out. They were left with no choice but to sacrifice village members to the dragon. But along came a mythic knight named George with a crazy idea: What if we killed the dragon instead?
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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."
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!!
Reward: Sainthood (Charisma +10, Wisdom +5, Intelligence +5 when equipped as player title)
Yep, I noticed that too. isn't that a green dragon?
Pretty much what happened.
Well, that would be a game to play.
Did the townfolks ever consider the reason the dragon stayed was because they kept feeding him?
Well the alternative was the dragon coming to THEM for food.
Are you implying that a dragon relates to food as a Loch Ness Monster relates to a "tree fiddy"?
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.
The dragon is simping for girls
Dragons are like stray cats, once you start feeding them they are yours.
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.
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.
You know, now I'm kind of disappointed that this story didn't turn into "The Adventures of George, Princess and their Pet Dragon".
ikr
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
Or just have a charisma build and befriend the dragon. Boom free pet dragon and wife
could have been that eras wmd but noooo "heroics"
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.
history's first written account of saving Peach from Bowser
and it continues to this day
*Peach needs a restraining order*
Andromeda though.
Before I even read this I played Bowser's theme from Paper Mario when the dragon appeared, haha.
Princess Zelda: "Allow me to introduce myself".
Against Bowser, Mario, Luigi or all three?
@@christopherbacon1077 Yes. The one not into that is Daisy.
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.
Josiah Cain how knightly
I think there's also another version where George converts the dragon to Christianity.
@@devinlupei5071 What the absolute f-
@@devinlupei5071
That's the tarrasque.
Preston Jones
Are you talking about scp 682?
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
Hi there Don Kixote
Don Quijote ¿acaso es usted? :O
I like how you said I'll put on a mask. Very nice.
I like the fact that George was dressed as a byzantine soldier
You just have to check those orthodox icons 😉
More like a Roman soldier, actually. George was a really early saint, after all.
@@agihammerthief8953 Byzantines are Roman so what's your point?
Wasn't he a Centurion who was martyred?
@@HaloFTW55 buzantines are eastern roman a name given to them by everyone else, so roman =/= rome =/= byzantine.
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!"
Brazilians: JORGE VEIO LA DA CAPADOCIA MONTANDO SEU CAVALO NA MÃO A SUA LANÇAAA
Watch out for those teeth!
And his name is JOHN CENA!!
If everybody did burst into the George of the Jungle theme, I would be so incredibly happy.
I admit that I did.
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.”
Watch OSP's video on the Tarasque, it's basically the same thing
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.
It's a shame Greg got killed by the King's viceroy.
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.
this is why I don't let nat 20s do anything on skill checks
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.
That is a really cool version of George/ Goran's story! Thank you for sharing that one!
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 😊
Each country have a version, in Brazil will say Jorge save the princess at the Moon.
Yeah there are many varieties of this legend in different countries.
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.
@Hoàng Nguyên Isn't that the Catholic version? The whole dragon thing does seem to be an extra thing.
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? :)
We haven't had a Walpole cameo in a while
He got sacrificed to the dragon
He's too busy cucking other nations to make a cameo.
2:11 On The Tablet :)
Who did you think sent the dragon?
@@Gala-yp8nx plot twist: He was the dragon
Being of a Welsh extraction, I don't hold with dragon slaying:-)
Keep up the good work!
I prefer Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon myself...
Haha it’s funny because dragon on flag. Haha
That dragon had surrendered. Big tough St. George slew a captive.
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.
Some of these details seem hysterically embellished, but I loved it!
There is no way the dragon was that big.
Smh.
yeah, like the fact HE WAS FIGHTING A FUCKING DRAGON
Yeah, like everyone knows the dragon was red
@@unicornsprinkles3277 The Dragon was a paid actor.
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
Man the Emperor stuffing the Void Dragon into Mars was really cool.
"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...
Thou art a dragon! ASCALON!
Sumani brother
Ah yes a dragon is a dragon
Everyone's a dragon
And dragons are just big swallows
Ah yes the dragon slaying hero I never use to slay dragons. Instead ironically use dragons to kill dragons. Shuten, kiyohime, and Mecha liz
George, George, George of the kingdom. Knightly as he can be....
"loud screaming*
watch out for that.......martyrdom!
That was kinda lame George! You could have had a pet dragon.
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.
@@agihammerthief8953 but that'd be so OP in battle tho.
Christianity
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.
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
Being born on at George's day this myth feels close to heart. Tho lucky I was not called George xD
Thou shalt be named George
You could have been named Gorgeos, which is the beautified Greek name.
Patiently waiting for Saint Martha and the tarasque
Save Martha!
Check out Overly Sarcastic Productions. They covered that over there.
ASCALON! **FGO Flashbacks**
A fellow man of culture i see.
I see you are man of culture
Now to follow it up with his buddy Siegfried. BALMUNG!
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.
Also, the dragon was the Devil himself.
but nevertheless a Roman, and that's more than enough^^
@@XochiCh or a demon
So ... about this George, was he curious?
The Dragon wore a yellow hat.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one whose brain went there!
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.
Villagers: "Let's feed the dragon, that will definitely get it to leave"
So one of the oldest dragon-slaying myths involves a princess saving a knight from a dragon rather than the other way around?
that was a teamwork
It was a team effort
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.
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.
...you have issues, bro.
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
This version of the story told here is very strange. The version I was always told is very different
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.
Salve Jorge, de um carioca :)
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.
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.
No wonder why it sounded like him
Everyone: "Oh the dragon's tame now, what a cool pet"
Saint George: "DIE BEAST"
Yes evil anyway what he used was cheating how can a bunch of cow hide and rubbish do that
Some impeccable timing for our hero to visit the city.
Just as the king's daughter was being offered to the dragon.
The world runs on coincidence
So, moral lesson is always carry a belt to tame a dragon with?
Sounds fair
the moral is always "have faith in god" or something like it
I like your Cat Noir picture
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
@@totallycrazystudios1801 thank you
@@krankarvolund7771 So he basicaly wololo'd the dragon
Saint George, Patron of England, noble warrior and beast slayer, I am truely honoured to have him as my nation's Saint.
There's paintings of him even In Ethiopia
He fought against Italians in the Adwa battle
If I had a pet dragon - Anyone who slays my dragon will be slayed themselves
Ya for me dragon slaying stories are like angel or dog hunting stories
The princess is definitely giving him a dirty look.
I love that the Princess looks so pissed when George slays the dragon, she was obviously thinking about riding that bad boy around.
The only true dragon tamer is Donkey. He tamed that dragon goooood
I admit, this story excited me a lot more than past episodes.
Clicked this because St. Georgios is the homie in Fate/Grand Order.
Yeah he's always there to help/take a noble Phantasm to the face for you
So...I guess the next is dragon punching nun?
THOU ART A DRAGON!
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)
DO NOT HURT LIZ BATHORY! So what she cannot sing... let dragons be.
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).
Love this channel, the mythology is the best part too.
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!!!
Okay, but it feels like killing the dragon at the end was kind of a dick move. He was calm at that point!
To me, saint George is the story of how any disease is treatable as long as the people affected are rich and powerful enough.
I see you there, Walpole. 2:12
Walpole would write his chit in disappearing ink.
The thing is, PEOPLE IS SO FOCUSED ON THAT GOD DAM DRAGON, they forgot saint George's Martyrdom
This is one of the most classic Dragon Slaying myth. I love this story.
I love everything this channel does but the mythology videos are my absolute favorite
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.😊
Another message in this story : Even if the rules apply to leaders, the punishments do not.
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.
I'd love to see more about saints in extra mythology :)
there is a Dutch version where Georges name is Joris and he turns the dragon vegan and in the end he had the chance to marry the kings daughter but instead he wend all around the country helping people in need my IRL name is Joris because of this
Was George Christian from the hero go, or was he absobed into Christian mythos later?
Seems to be. There was a historical Christian martyr referred to as George of Lydda.
In all reality he was actually a Christian Roman soldier who refused to give up his Faith and was martyred for it.
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.
Second one
George is in Islam too, but I think originally it was a Christian story.
good enthusiasm during the battle scene. I approve
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)
be thankful for his 3 turns protection
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.
Extra Credits: Let me introduce to you St. George
Me: *FGO flashbacks intensifying*
Has anyone here read The Priory of the Orange Tree? It's an amazing retelling and deconstruction of Saint George and the Dragon
Naurah Deatrisya Gitany what’s the story?
Happy St. George’s Day 🏴
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.
Both. He used the story as a starting point to establish a metaphor.
There is a version related to orange tree - that works as a mana/health pool
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.
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
I gotta be honest here: I did not expect the legend to end with St. George, paragon of bravery and virtue... Shanking the already tame dragon in the stomach.
Excuse me, glass drinking ware would be far too expensive for a common inn to have during this time period?
Cyrene has always been a major city in the Mediterranean coast. Especialy in Roman times.
You know what saddens me?
Everybody remembers the myth, but not the Martyr
Nobody remembers the young man in his 20s who gave up his life to never give up what he believed in.
And not just him, many many more
Christianity is full of stories about youth, young men and women, who chose to adhere to what they believed in despite torture and killing.
Saint George was my Confirmation Saint.
I'm pretty sure a lot of orthodox Christians are familiar with the story.
Yes, yes we are
Major: Why did he kill it, anyway?
Basil: I don't know, Major. Better than marrying it.
Remember kids, the night is dark and full of terrors and the dragons are coming. . .
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.
maybe the town should give him toothbrushes because he definitely needs to get rid of that breath
5:30 "a cloud of toxic venom" as opposed to the kind of venom that is non-toxic?
Maybe as opposed to a venom that is venomous?
Yea not that venom that itches
And of course, the person the brave knight saves is the princess, not a 40 year old farmer or some toothless grandma.
George-antidote
Dragon-coronavirus
All your series like mythology and history should be a separate channels to follow so it's easier to browse playlists and videos
So this is where the sacrificing people to a dragon thing comes from in CGP Grey’s fable of the dragon tyrant...interesting
Someone tell me how did 1169 people watch a 7:44 in 4 minutes of its release?
Rome_Legionary It adds to the views once someone begins watching the video, not when they finish it.
"The Emperor of Mankind Vs The Dragon of Mars"
Ave Omnissiah.
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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
This reminds me of the story of the Tarrasque. Why is it that once the dragon and the Tarrasque were rendered tame and docile, the townsfolk/George decide to kill it. I get that they want revenge, but having a dragon friend might come in really handy
Princess: I'm fine with sacrificing myself for my people.
Dragon shows up and she sees the horror that's about to eat her alive.
Princess: on second thought death is highly overrated!!!
First Cu and now Greorge
Someone in the writting team is a FGO player
This is the origin story of the Emperor and the dragon of Mars :o
NOTICE ME SEMPEI
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.
Saint George, also known as THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND!!!!!!!
Historicaly he was a Palestinian-Roman, Christian megalomartyr.
I'm going to guess his name got some fantastic christianization
One Persian source claims he was Palestinian, but most of the others claim he was from Cappadocia in Anatolia.
hes not english? lol
very nice D&D setting
In Brazil (and maybe Portugal too) we say that you can see an image of St. George killing the dragon in the moon, I literally don't know how St. George is sooo famous in Brazil that he eaven went to the moon
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)
Not convinced the dragon isn't an allegory for petrochemicals
Fun fact: the city I live in is called Porto San Giorgio in honor of Saint George, and our church have a giant statue of George killing the dragon
I can only imagine George walking into a hospital, or whatever the Middle Ages equivalent of one is, after he slew the dragon. And then he says this.
“Hello, doctor ladies! Do you sell crutches?”