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