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* HeroesWantRedheads: The knight is smitten with red-haired Una after he sees her when she's changed into a fine dress on coming home, and he readily agrees to marry her, becoming king after her father ([[LovedINotHonorMore once he fulfills his quest]], that is), but beforehand the knight didn't appear to have noticed her at all that way.
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* HeroicSecondWind: Twice the knight is gravely wounded. Both times he's looked after and prayed for by Una, recovering to fight again. A

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* HeroicSecondWind: Twice the knight is gravely wounded. Both times he's looked after and prayed for by Una, recovering to fight again.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: The knight is smitten with red-haired Una after he sees her when she's changed into a fine dress on coming home, and he readily agrees to marry her, becoming king after her father ([[LovedINotHonorMore once he fulfills his quest]], that is), but beforehand the knight didn't appear to have noticed her at all that way.
* HeroicSecondWind: Twice the knight is gravely wounded. Both times he's looked after and prayed for by Una, recovering to fight again. \n* TheHerosJourney A


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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The dragon mostly fits the Western motif since it has an evil nature, a scaly, serpentine massive body, horns, huge bat-like wings and forelimbs, but also breathes a poisonous gas, not fire, with a barbed tail as well.
* {{Paladin}}: The Red Cross Knight is one, a heroic warrior on a quest to slay an evil dragon, having the eponymous symbol on his tabard and shield which denotes that he's a specifically Christian hero (being the future Myth/SaintGeorge).
* SheCleansUpNicely: Una looks lovely after she's changed from her dark, unattractive cloak into a fine dress after she returns home, and in the illustration the knight can be seen practically swooning on seeing her.
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A book by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.

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A book by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.Spenser, specifically the portion about the legendary dragon-slayer Myth/SaintGeorge.

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* {{Heaven}}: The old hermit gives the knight a glimpse of a shining city in the clouds which is clearly this. He says that eventually the knight will go there, but only after he's done his duty on Earth.



* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England. Una's parents also aren't named, nor was the dwarf.
* StandardHeroReward: The king tells the brave knight that he has promised that the dragonslayer should have Una for his wife, and be king after him.

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* NoNameGiven: Subverted.{{Zigzagged}}. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England. Una's parents also aren't named, nor was the dwarf.
dwarf or the old hermit.
* StandardHeroReward: The king tells the brave knight that he has promised that the dragonslayer should have Una for his wife, and be king after him.him, which the knight accepts.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: The knight bade his lady stand apart, out of danger, to watch the fight, while the beast drew near, half flying, half running.

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* KnightInShiningArmor: The knight bade Red Cross Knight is champion for Princess Una, traveling with her to slay the dragon which has been terrorizing her land. He makes certain that she's well back from harm when the battle begins. After the king rewards him, he says [[HumbleHero never to forget the poor]] and gives away the gifts. He does accept Una as his lady stand apart, out of danger, to watch wife and inheriting the fight, while the beast drew near, half flying, half running. king's crown however.
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* TheChampion: Una set out alone from the safety of the castle walls to look for a champion who would face the terrible dragon.

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* TheChampion: Una set out alone from the safety of the castle walls to look for a champion who would face the terrible dragon. As a result, she returns with a knight who pledges to fight it for her.
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* DragonsAreDemonic: The dragon defeated by Myth/SaintGeorge, which was terrorizing towns eating people and livestock. George claims to have defeated the creature through the power of Christ, which implies the dragon is literally of demonic origin.
* TheHerosJourney:

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* DragonsAreDemonic: The dragon defeated by Myth/SaintGeorge, which was terrorizing towns eating people HeroicSecondWind: Twice the knight is gravely wounded. Both times he's looked after and livestock. George claims prayed for by Una, recovering to have defeated the creature through the power of Christ, which implies the dragon is literally of demonic origin.fight again.
* TheHerosJourney:TheHerosJourney



* LadyAndKnight: When gentle Una saw him lying motionless, she trembled with fear and prayed for his safety.
* LovedINotHonorMore: The brave knight tells the king that he can't stay because he has sworn to give knight's service to the Fairy Queen for six years.
* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England.

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* LadyAndKnight: When gentle Una saw him lying motionless, she trembled is a gentle, beautiful princess who gets the knight (initially unnamed) to slay a dragon who has been terrorizing her father's kingdom. He (the future Myth/SaintGeorge) is a brave, steadfast man who keeps his vow to her and also the Fairy Queen who he's sworn six years of service. They end up married with fear and prayed for his safety.
him inheriting the crown, though not before he's fulfilled that vow.
* LovedINotHonorMore: The brave knight tells the king that he can't stay because he has sworn to give knight's service to the Fairy Queen for six years.
years. He marries Una, but still rides away to fulfill his oath at the end. It says he came back later to be with her and rule after the king.
* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England. Una's parents also aren't named, nor was the dwarf.

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* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England.
* LadyAndKnight: When gentle Una saw him lying motionless, she trembled with fear and prayed for his safety.
* LovedINotHonorMore: The brave knight tells the king that he can't stay because he has sworn to give knight's service to the Fairy Queen for six years.


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* LadyAndKnight: When gentle Una saw him lying motionless, she trembled with fear and prayed for his safety.
* LovedINotHonorMore: The brave knight tells the king that he can't stay because he has sworn to give knight's service to the Fairy Queen for six years.
* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England.
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* DragonsAreDemonic: The dragon defeated by Myth/SaintGeorge, which was terrorizing towns eating people and livestock. George claims to have defeated the creature through the power of Christ, which implies the dragon is literally of demonic origin.
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A book by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.

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A book by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''TheFaerieQueene'' ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.
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* NoNameGiven: The Red Cross Knight doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him was born to be Saint George of Merry England.

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* NoNameGiven: Subverted. The Red Cross Knight at first doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him that he was born to be Saint George of Merry England.
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* SaintChevalier: The knight told the king to never forget the poor people, and gave the rich gifts that he was awarded to them.
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A [[ChildrensLiterature children's book]] by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.

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A [[ChildrensLiterature children's book]] book by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.
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A [[ChildrensLiterature children's book]] by Margaret Hodges, a partial retelling of the {{epic poem}} ''TheFaerieQueene'' written by Edmund Spenser.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* TheChampion: Una set out alone from the safety of the castle walls to look for a champion who would face the terrible dragon.
* DamselErrant: Princess Una traveled a long, long way before she found the Red Cross Knight.
* TheHerosJourney:
* NoNameGiven: The Red Cross Knight doesn't know his birth name or where he had been born, until a good old hermit informs him was born to be Saint George of Merry England.
* LadyAndKnight: When gentle Una saw him lying motionless, she trembled with fear and prayed for his safety.
* LovedINotHonorMore: The brave knight tells the king that he can't stay because he has sworn to give knight's service to the Fairy Queen for six years.
* KnightErrant: The story begins with the Red Cross Knight riding across a plain, bound on a great adventure, sent by the Queen of the Fairies to fight the dragon.
* KnightInShiningArmor: The knight bade his lady stand apart, out of danger, to watch the fight, while the beast drew near, half flying, half running.
* SaintChevalier: The knight told the king to never forget the poor people, and gave the rich gifts that he was awarded to them.
* StandardHeroReward: The king tells the brave knight that he has promised that the dragonslayer should have Una for his wife, and be king after him.
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