Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Kalyb

The “Lady of the Woods,” who stole St. George from his nurse, brought him up as her own child, and endowed him with gifts. St. George enclosed her in a rock, where she was torn to pieces by spirits. (Seven Champions of Christendom, part i.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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