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Cantiga 189 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X

The Pilgrim Healed of Dragon’s Bane
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.


Source: upenn.edu



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