Arthurian Myths & Other Chivalric Epics: St. Carannog and the Dragon

This week’s #FaustianFriday theme is ONCE AND FUTURE KING- ARTHURIAN MYTHS & OTHER CHIVALRIC EPICS!

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St. Carannog, at the behest of King Arthur, was said to have tamed a ferocious dragon in a particularly saintly manner: the power of prayer. Despite the crowd’s desire to see the beast dead, Carannog would not allow it and instead let the reformed dragon go free.

Click here to read an account of The Life of St. Carannog that includes a full version of this tale via the Celtic Literature Collective.

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