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| CSM Number : 307 | |||
| Short name: | The Volcano that Erupted in Sicily | Alternative: | Volcano erupts in Sicily |
| Incipit: | Toller pod’ a Madre de Nostro Sennor | ||
| Refrain: | Toller pod’ a Madre de Nostro Sennor/ toda tempestade, se ll’ en prazer for. | ||
| Summary of narrative | |||
| Setting: | the mountain of Mongibello in Sicily | Protagonist(s): | a good man |
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Sicily is a fertile island, full of delightful things. On this island there is a large mountain, called Mongibello, which can be seen from a great distance. Sometimes it emits fire, which terrifies the people who live there. Once a great fire began to burn in the mountain. Rain and hail fell as in a fierce winter and lightening struck the trembling earth. This went on for forty days and nights. The Virgin appeared to a good man and told him that if they composed a song in her honour the torment would cease. The man composed a rhyming tune and sang it with devotion. The storm was stilled and the people lost their fear. |
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| Metrical data | |||
| Stanza: | 11 11 11 11 | Refrain: | 11 11 |
| No. of Stanzas: | 9 | ||
| Rhyme scheme: | AA | bbba | Zejel: | Yes |
| MS locations: | |||
| F79, E307 | |||
| Poncelet reference | |||
| None | |||
| Keywords | |||
| apparition, earthquake, hail, rain, rhyme, song, vision, volcano | |||
| Discography | |||
| Click HERE for a list of recordings of this poem | |||
| BITAGAP ID | |||
| 4062 | |||
| Bibliography | |||
| La cantiga 307 et le receuil des cantigas: un hommage posthume? Correia de Melo Neto, Ivo | |||
| Los cánticos del cíclope: variaciones sobre un tema clásico Gallego Gallego, Antonio | |||
| Text-music mismatches in the Cantigas de Santa Maria Parkinson, Stephen | |||