Saint George is the saint of England and Catalonia. He is the Patron Saint of England and Catalonia. No one knows his birthday but he died around 303 AD. He was canonized around 494 AD. Saint George was a martyr he died after refusing to take part in a sacrifice to Apollo he got a much worse death. Saint George was tied to a cross and his skin got scraped off with metal combs. He spent the night nailed to a board in a dungeon accompanied by a choir of angels that God had sent. The next day he got asked to be a sacrifice for Apollo again. So he declined, again. The next day he drank a very strong poison after he made the sign of the cross in front of it he drank the poison and stayed standing upright the whole time. St. George got scoured between two wheels (massive rug burns) and got sawed in half, he died but got resurrected by God. Finally he died by getting his head cut off after being led through town naked. God kept him …show more content…
George was a Cappadocian(aka knight) travelling across north africa. He came to a small city in Lyberia when he came to find out that the town was being terrorized by a dragon (the dragon, in the middle ages was commonly known as the devil). The dragon wouldn’t kill and destroy the town as long as he got a sacrifice every day. First the sacrifice was sheep but the town soon ran out of sheep so they started to choose a youth, woman, or man. But the town was running low on men and woman. So the king had to sacrifice her daughter to the dragon. This all was happening a few days before George made it to the town. As he arrived the princess was being escorted to the dragon’s lair. St. George got on his horse and rode to the dragon’s layer. Know one knows how the battle went but all we know is that St. George rode off to the Dragon’s layer and came back with the princes unharmed and the dragon stabbed with a big peirce in it’s side. St. George became a popular hero, and Saint after his
After fighting and winning many battles, Beowulf's life enters a new stage when he finally becomes king of his homeland, Geatland. Even in his old age, his code of honor still obligates him to fight against an evil, fiery dragon. For fifty years he has governed his kingdom well. While Beowulf is governing, the dragon "...kept watch over a hoard, a steep stone-barrow" (Norton 55). Under it lays a path concealed from the sight of men. Over centuries no one had disturbed the dragon’s kingdom until one day when a thief broke into the treasure, laid hand on a cup fretted with gold, which infuriated the dragon. "The fiery dragon had destroyed the people's stronghold, the land along the sea, the heart of the country" (Norton 57).
George was born in Suffolk, England in 1652. He became a Puritan minister after graduating
The story begins during the New Year's feast in King Arthur's court. Then a green knight enters asking all of the knights in the court if they would like to play a game. The game is he will allow which ever knight that chooses to challenge him one swing with a battle ax to try and chop off his head, but in order to play the game, the accepting knight must meet the green knight one year later at the green chapel. The brave knight Sir Gawain accepts to the challenge of the green knight. Sir Gawain takes one swing and chops off the head of the green knight. Right after the green knight's head is chopped off he gets up immediately, picks up his head and leaves. Once a year passes, Gawain sets off on a journey to find the Green Chapel. He arrives at a castle in which a lord welcomes him to stay for several days (Gawain only needs to stay there for three). The next morning the lord makes an agreement to share everything he gets during these three days with Gawain, but Gawain must agree to do the same. During days one and two the lord's wife tries hitting on Gawain, but he only allows her to give him a few kisses. At these days Gawain shares what he got to the lord for what he has hunted those days. On the third day, Gawain finally accepts to take a magic girdle from the lord's wife, but he didn't share it with the lord. This magic girdle helped Gawain survive the three fatal swing's of the green giant's ax, only leaving him with a little nick. After Gawain survives these 3 swings at his neck, the green knight then reveals his identity and explains that he is Bercilak, the lord of the castle. He also said that the three blows were taken at him in regards to the three days of their agreement.
Presently, the Green Knight rides in. He mirrors Lucifer in God's court, and more; He is full of slander (7:315). He is described in titanic imagery (4:140, 9:390), which was commonly attributed to the anti-christ. The Round Table cannot abide this affront to the King so Gawain, with Guenevere's permission, steps in to intercede. Here Gawain is like Christ or Michael, going out to battle the dragon. He severs his head.
The story tells about adventures of Sir Gawain, who takes the Green Knight's challenge. One year after cutting Green Knight's head off, which did not kill him, Gawain has to travel to find the Green Knight and take his blow in return. He finds a strange castle, and while he awaits there for the final day, his knight's ethical code is put to a test by the host and his wife.
men for 12 years only until Beowulf showed up to save the day. Also at the end of the story,
He brings Guenevere here for protection after rescuing her from arthur’s knights when she is about to be executed for treason .The ungentle laws and customs touched upon this tale are historical / and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical . Anxious to learn about the conditions of
Untouched and unhindered, he continued on a path, not yet discovered, towards the unknowing Prince Prospero. Although he had a slow pace, he made an unexplainable distance in a small amount of time. Some masqueraded man from the retreating group grew enraged and curious of this mysterious man. He ran up to the figure and placed a hand on his mask with the intent to tear it off of the ghostly man. The moment he laid his hand upon the mask, he screamed in agony and pain. Then, unable to pull his hand or the mask free, his fate was sealed. His scream withered away along with his final breath, as he turned old and crumpled onto the lustrous floor in a pile of black ash. Silence and absolute stillness filled the room before a wine glass, half full of a red drink, descended from the whitley g...
Sir Gawain is, undoubtably, the most varied of the Arthurian characters: from his first minor appearance as Gwalchmei in the Welsh tales to his usually side-line participation in the modern retelling of the tales, no other character has gone from such exalted heights (being regarded as a paragon of virtue) to such dismal depths (being reduced to a borderline rapist, murderer, and uncouth bore), as he. This degree of metamorphosis in character, however, has allowed for a staggering number of different approaches and studies in Gawain.
What or who is a Saint? In a very simple way to answer the question, we may say that a saint is any person who dies and who is now enjoying his/her external life before the eternal and divine presence of God in heavens. For people, well known or not, are celebrated on the very first day of the month of November; the All Saints Day. The origins of the religious feast in the Roman Catholic Church came from the early days of the church around the year 80 or 80 AC when sealed by the blood of Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross. By the martyrdoms of many Catholics, who are dedicated to Jesus’ teachings and the example of Saint Peter, pay with their lives to the Glory of belonging to the only church founded by Jesus Christ himself. The Catholics by the virtue of their martyrdom and their lives in all of the extinction of the Roman Empire, where they were persecuted and executed at the Circus Maximus, The Roman Coliseum at the Caracalla, and even inside of the Domus Aurea (Nero’s Palace). Those martyrs who lost their lives from th...
During the Middle Ages, both “Beowulf” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” were epic stories that were chanted aloud to the public. Each story told about epic heroes who went on a long journey to face or conqueror someone or something. “Beowulf” is a poem about a young man, Beowulf, who slays a monster and his mother with his bare hands to protect the people he loves. As the years go by Beowulf becomes king and a dragon begins to stir. In response to this, Beowulf fights the dragon with a sword and one loyal companion. Beowulf’s life comes to end, but so does the dragons. From this epic poem you can see that good does triumph over evil, but sometimes it comes at a cost. Along with “Beowulf”, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” was another popular poem. This poem was about a squire, Sir Gawain, who chooses to take on a game proposed by the Green Knight instead of his uncle, King Arthur. He took on the game because he believed King Arthur’s life was more valuable than his own and that King Arthur should not risk his own life. As a result, Sir Gawain became a knight because of his loyalty and bravery. Both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’s and Beowulf’s characters share the same quality of courage, the desire to protect people and the involvement of supernatural beings.
Beowulf is an epic poem that describes the heroics of a man with superhuman strength and bravery to go with it. The poem starts with a journey across the sea to defeat an enemy that has plagued the land of Herot for twelve years. The poem ends with Beowulf’s final deed of defeating a dragon that was plaguing his own land, but with the defeat of the dragon also comes the death of Beowulf. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem of bravery by one of King Arthur’s knights. Sir Gawain takes up the deed of playing a Christmas game with the challenging Green Knight. The Green Knight takes a blow from an ax at the hand of Sir Gawain, and in one year and one day, the Green Knight is to reciprocate the action to Sir Gawain. While Sir Gawain was heroic in his deed, Beowulf shows a certain selflessness in his bouts makes him a better hero than Sir Gawain.
Saint Christopher is one of the most popular Catholic Christian heroes of the Faith. He is a saint, a known as a martyr.Saint Christopher was born in Canaan. We do not know when he was born, but he died under the Roman Emperor Decius, in 251 AD. Another name for him is, Reprobus. Most Catholics refer to him as Saint Christopher , and his medals and the popular devotions to him are among the most common in Catholic piety. His name means "Christ-bearer" which was referred to several different real or legendary people. Originally, they didn't know if his name was implied to a specific person or a group of people. This name was given to the name of the valiant Menas who died in Antioch. Since Saint Christopher and the Patron Saint, Menas, were
In the tale of St. George and the dragon, St. George fights off the wicked dragon to save the holy lady; however, what he is really doing is taking the sin away from people and replenishing them with serenity, peacefulness and holiness, thus being the representation of the three strikes of
After his captivity, Saint Patrick studied to become a priest under the guidance of Saint Germanus. Saint Germanus, the bishop of Auxerre, helped Saint Patrick prepare for priesthood for many years. When he was ordained bishop, he practiced his teachings in Ireland, where he converted many people to Christianity. “Patrick was a ...