En la prehistoria de la materia épica cidiana: el Cid no era el Cid

Francisco J. Hernández

doi:10.3989/rfe.2009.v89.i2.188

In the prehistory of the Cid epic poetry: el Cid was not el Cid

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Francisco J. Hernández Carleton University, Ottawa

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https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2009.v89.i2.188

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epic poetry, history, Cantar de Mio Cid, Cid onomastics, Menéndez Pidal, Corneille

Abstract

While he was alive, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was given the title of «Campeador»; but never that of «Mio Cid», which belonged to Mio Cid Muño Muñoz, a warrior close to Rodrigo until his death in 1099. Muñoz’s deeds and epic title seem to have been fused with those of Rodrigo in the story-telling process that would climax in the Cantar de Mio Cid of 1206, an earlier version of which must have been popular in the 1180’s, when men began to call themselves «Mio Cid», or even «El Cid», a fashion which echoes the earlier one related to the epic couple of Roland and Olivier.

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2009-12-30

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Hernández, F. J. (2009). In the prehistory of the Cid epic poetry: el Cid was not el Cid. Revista De Filología Española, 89(2), 257–278. https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2009.v89.i2.188

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Vol. 89 No. 2 (2009)

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