A caza de Don Celinos

  1. Mariño Ferro, Xosé Ramón
Zeitschrift:
Madrygal: Revista de estudios gallegos

ISSN: 1138-9664

Datum der Publikation: 2005

Nummer: 8

Seiten: 85-90

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: Madrygal: Revista de estudios gallegos

Zusammenfassung

We analyze the Galician version of ¿The hunt of don Celinos¿, a ballad about adultery. The Galician version works out to be fairly enigmatic, since the wife tells her husband that if he doesn¿t bring a deer¿s head, she will have an abortion. To clarify the enigma, we trace the significance of the deer in the traditional European culture