Spanish Legend -Folklore

Abenamar and King Don Juan

Abenamar and King Don Juan

Abenamar and King Don Juan Late medieval Spanish-Moorish historical ballad. In 1431 King Juan II of Castile besieged the Moorish ...
Alonzo de Aguilar, Don

Alonzo de Aguilar, Don

Alonzo de Aguilar, Don (15th century) Spanish hero in the reconquest of Spain from the Moors and the subject of ...
Amadis of Gaul

Amadis of Gaul

Amadis of Gaul (love-god) In late medieval Spanish legend, hero who appears in an anonymous prose romance, Amadis of Gaul, ...
Bernardo del Carpio

Bernardo del Carpio

Bernardo del Carpio In medieval Spanish legend, hero who fought against Charlemagne, appearing in many Spanish ballads. Bernardo del Carpio ...
Boabdil

Boabdil

Boabdil (died c. 1533) In Spanish history and legend, last Moorish king of Granada, subject of numerous Spanish ballads. Boabdil, ...
Carlos, Don

Carlos, Don

Carlos, Don (1545–1568) In Spanish history and legend, son of Philip II of Spain by his wife, Maria of Portugal ...
Cid, El

Cid, El

Cid, El (lord, master) In medieval Spanish legend, a hero, Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar (1040– 1099), whose victories over the ...
Don Juan Tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio (14th century) In late medieval legend, libertine Spanish nobleman who is taken off to hell for his ...
Don Quixote

Don Quixote

Don Quixote A novel whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (“The Ingenious Hidalgo Don ...
González, Conde Fernán

González, Conde Fernán

González, Conde Fernán (c. 930–970) In medieval Spanish legend, count of Burgos who made Castile independent of the state of ...
Lara, Infantes de

Lara, Infantes de

Lara, Infantes de (princes of Lara) (10th century) In Spanish history and legend, seven brothers who were killed by their ...
Melisenda

Melisenda

Melisenda In medieval Spanish legends, daughter of Charlemagne and the wife of Gayferos. She was captured by the Moors and ...
Pedro the Cruel

Pedro the Cruel

Pedro the Cruel (1334–1369) In medieval history and legend, king of Castile and León, who appears in numerous Spanish ballads ...
Roderick, Don

Roderick, Don

Roderick, Don (eighth century) In medieval Spanish history and legend, last Visigoth king of Spain, appearing in many Spanish ballads ...

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