Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from
Saint George Killing the Dragon, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1501/4)
Thracian horseman with serpent-entwined tree (2nd century)
Funerary relief of a Roman cavalryman trampling a barbarian warrior (4th or 5th century). Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Fenestrella interpreted by the Louvre as Horus on horseback spearing Set in the shape of a crocodile (4th century)
The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn, are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to Druzism or the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, esoteric, monotheistic, ethnic, and syncretic religion wh
Saint George and the Dragon
…Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon…
The Shrine of Shu'ayb near Hittin in the Galilee, Israel
Sixth Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
The saray in Deir al-Qamar, seat of the Ma'an dynasty under Fakhr al-Din
Meeting of Druze and Ottoman leaders in Damascus, about the control of Jebel Druze