While the prototype of this icon must surely be George and the Dragon, the allusion to Classical Greek mythology is unmistakable with the appearance of a particularly ferocious Cerberus-type hound. The curiousness of the subject is compounded by the fact that it is by no means clear to which party the multi-headed dog has given its allegiance! And is St. Michael, Great Michael the Archangel? The rescued lady, whose name does not appear on the icon, is greatly privileged if this be the case.