"El princep de la tierra Smirna era clamado"(nota a Berceo, Milagros 295 d)
ISSN: 1131-6810, 2530-8343
Year of publication: 2011
Issue: 22
Pages: 145-149
Type: Article
More publications in: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas
Abstract
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.