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Extract taken from the Coventry City website, giving an explanation of the cities coat of arms.
The elephant, then, is a dragon slayer and is associated with a tree. There is a now forgotton tradition of dragon-slaying in this neighbourhood - and Coventry to be the birthplace of St. George, who slew the dragon. In the early seals of Coventry, from which our coat-of-arms derives, are shown, on one side, the combat between another dragon-slayer, the Archangel Micheal, and the dragon. On the other is the elephant and castle.
Don't ask me why I didn't remember that it was only hearsay!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there more than one???
The elephant, then, is a dragon slayer and is associated with a tree. There is a now forgotton tradition of dragon-slaying in this neighbourhood - and Coventry to be the birthplace of St. George, who slew the dragon. In the early seals of Coventry, from which our coat-of-arms derives, are shown, on one side, the combat between another dragon-slayer, the Archangel Micheal, and the dragon. On the other is the elephant and castle.
Don't ask me why I didn't remember that it was only hearsay!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is there more than one???