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| CSM Number : 189 | |||
| Short name: | The Pilgrim Healed of Dragon’s Bane | Alternative: | Pilgrim healed of dragon's bane (Salas) |
| Incipit: | Ben pode Santa Maria guarir de toda poçon | ||
| Refrain: | Ben pode Santa Maria guarir de toda poçon/ pois madr’ é do que trillou o basilisc’ e o dragon. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | Salas and Valencia | Protagonist(s): | a pilgrim |
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A man from Valencia was travelling alone on pilgrimage to Salas. In a forest, he was overcome by darkness and he lost his way. He saw a strange beast, in the shape of a dragon, coming towards him. He did not run away for fear that the beast would overtake him. He prayed to the Virgin and struck it with his sword. He cut the beast in half, splitting its heart in two. However, poison spurted out of the creature and struck the pilgrim in the face. He was also assailed by the beast’s breath. In a few days, he was like a leper. Staff in hand, he journeyed on to Salas. When he arrived there he wept in front of the altar and was cured instantly. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 23' 23' 15 15 | Refrain: | 15 15 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 5 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbaa | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| T189, E189 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| bane (dragon's), dragon, heart, leprosy, pilgrimage, poison, staff (of pilgrim), sword | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 3940 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| Handbuch der Musikgeschichte Adler, Guido | |||
| Handbuch der Musikgeschichte Adler, Guido | |||
| Santa María de Salas en el Siglo XIII. Estudio sobre algunas Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio Aguado Bleye, Pedro | |||
| Cantigas de Santa Maria do rei don Alfonso Alfonso X , o Sábio | |||
| Composición, estilo y texto en la miniatura del Códice Rico de las CSM, Chico Picaza, Maria Victoria | |||
| Contribution à l’étude des Cantigas d’Alphonse le Savant d’apres les codices de l’Escurial Collet, Henri, and Luis Villalba | |||
| Viajeros y Peregrinos en las Cantigas de Santa Maria Manzi, Ofelia, & Francisco Corti | |||
| Cantigues d’Anfós el Savi Pedrell, Felipe | |||
| The Rare Case of a Dragon in Medieval Spanish Literature Scarborough, Connie, L. | |||