| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Saint George" | British | Saint George Patron saint of England and the Christian adaptation of the dragon slaying legends of Bel and the dragon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Typhon, etc. British |
"Sparti" | s | the sown men; the armed men who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, and were believed to be the ancestors of the five oldest families at Thebes. |
"St" | George | Michael, St. George, St. Margaret, Pope Sylvester, St. Samson (Archbishop of Dol), Donatus (fourth century), St. Clement of Metz, and many others, killed dragons. |
"St. Florent" | Roman | killed a dragon which haunted the Loire. |
"St. Martha" | Roman | killed the terrible dragon called Tarasque at Aix (la Chapelle). |
"St. Philip the Apostle" | Roman | Philip the Apostle is said to have destroyed a huge dragon at Hierapolis, in Phrygia. |
"St. Romain" | Roman | Romain of Rouen destroyed the huge dragon called La Gargouille, which ravaged the Seine. |
| King name "The pendragon Naud" | s | Cedric, founder of the West Saxon kingdom, slew Naud, the pendragon, with 5,000 men. This Naud is called Natanleod, a corruption of Naudan ludh (Naud, the people's refuge). Anglo Saxon |
"Theli tali" | Chaldean | The great dragon which symbolically envelops the universe; the mundane serpent. Chaldean |
| Spirit name "Toro" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He is perceived as a great serpent, the son of KANGALOGBA, who is both the spirit of the dragonfly and the symbol of the sacred river Oubangui.... |
| God name "Vahagn" | Armenia | Armenia's national god. Some time in his existence, he formed a "triad" with Aramazd and Anahit. Vahagn fought and conquered dragons, hence his title Vishabakagh, "dragon reaper". He was invoked as a god of courage, later identified with Heracles. He was also a Sun-god, rival of Baal-shamin and Mihr. |
| God name "Veles" | Slavic | A major Slavic god of earth, waters and the underworld, åśśociated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is also the opponent of thunder-god Perun, and the battle between two of them constitutes one of the most important myths of Slavic mythology. |
"Zagreus" | Greek | A surname of the mystic Dionysus, whom Zeus, in the form of a dragon, is said to have begotten by Persephone, previously to her being carried off by Pluto. Greek |
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