File:Dragon Slayers in Germanic Cultures

In Old English, "wyrm" could refer to a dragon, a snake or a lizard. Snakes and dragons are important motifs in Anglo-Saxon and Viking art. They are found on runestones, brooches, wooden carvings and tapestries. The dragon slayer is an ancient Germanic archetype which survived the conversion to Christianity. Not only do we have the dragon slaying saints: St. George and St Michael, but even Christ himself was depicted as a slayer of dragons in medieval art.

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