Entangled Ambiguities

This chapter explores the entwined cults of the Christian St George (d. 303) and the Muslim saint Sarı Saltuk (d. 1297–1298), both associated with dragonslaying in the religiously fluid borderlands of Eastern Europe. Drawing on Tim Ingold’s concept of “meshwork”, it examines how their overlapping cults and shared sacred sites reveal a dynamic landscape shaped by conquest, pilgrimage, and cultural interweaving. The dragon fight embodies encounters between the human and (super)natural realms, while the mixed veneration of Saltuk and George signals the blurring of confessional boundaries and the emergence of new, generative forms of religious expression.