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| CSM Number : 186 | |||
| Short name: | Woman rescued from burning | ||
| Incipit: | Quen na Virgen santa muito fiar | ||
| Refrain: | Quen na Virgen santa muito fiar / se o vir en coita, acorre-lo- á. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | unspecified | Protagonist(s): | a woman, her mother-in-law and a Moor |
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A woman lived in her husband’s house. Her mother-in-law despised her and plotted her death. One day when the woman was sleeping alone, the mother-in-law ordered one of her Moorish servants to lie down beside her. Then she summoned her son and showed him his sleeping wife. The husband wanted to kill his wife, but his mother advised him to report the affair to the magistrate. The magistrate and many other witnesses saw the woman in bed with the Moor. They seized them and led them to the town square. The people lit a fire and cast the pair into the flames. The Moor was burnt to death, but the people saw a lady protecting the woman in the midst of the fire. When the woman came out of the fire, she told the people that the Virgin had delivered her. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 11 11 11 11 | Refrain: | 11 11 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 16 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| T185, E186 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| apparition, burning, execution, false accusation, magistrate, mother-in-law, Muslims/Moors, servant | |||
| Discography | |||
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| Bibliography | |||
| Dos preconceitos de Afonso X, o Sábio Bagby Jr., Alberto I. [KM] | |||
| Some Characterizations of the Moor in Alfonso X's Cantigas Bagby, Albert [AC] | |||
| Cantiga 186: Alfonso's Adaptation of the Accused Queen Tale Benaim de Lasry, Anita [KM] | |||
| La miniatura gótica española Camón Aznar, José [AC] | |||
| Contribution à l'étude des Cantigas d'Alphonse le Savant d'apres les codices de l'Escurial Collet, Henri, and Luis Villalba [AC] | |||