"El princep de la tierra Smirna era clamado"(nota a Berceo, Milagros 295 d)

  1. Molinos Tejada, María Teresa
  2. García Teijeiro, Manuel
Zeitschrift:
Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas

ISSN: 1131-6810 2530-8343

Datum der Publikation: 2011

Nummer: 22

Seiten: 145-149

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas

Zusammenfassung

In this verse of Berceo "Smirna" has nothing to do with the Greek city in Anatolia. Myrrh is personified in the magical papyri, where it is invoked because of its great power in matters of love. According to Christian writers, it symbolizes the bitterness of repentance, the mortification of the flesh and death.