While this may not be the subreddit for this question, I wasn’t sure where else to ask. I’m currently working on a project for a humanities course and I am focusing on Saint George Slaying the Dragon, and what was immediately apparent is that either Saint George was massive, or that the dragon was incredibly small. Barely the size of a horse. Is there any known reason or interesting information behind this?
There’s definitely far more to add here, but u/epicyclorama describes the origin of dragon mythology here, and talks about evolution of their size here. Probably most notable to your question is that Western dragons, much like their Eastern counterparts, were originally serpentine in nature, not the more lizard-like monsters we see in D&D.