San Mercurio y los cinocéfaloshagiografía y folclore
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Universidad de Granada
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ISSN: 1697-2104
Year of publication: 2019
Issue: 16
Pages: 31-50
Type: Article
More publications in: Collectanea christiana orientalia ( CCO )
Abstract
The biography of Saint Mercury of Caesarea is full of portentous elements that have been incorporated into the original hagiographic nucleus. Of all of them, highlights the importance that in the East has the presence of the κυνοκεφαλοί in certain moments of Saint’s life. These monsters of Greco-Latin and Eastern folklore are introduced into the legend of the Saint to fulfill two clear actions: first, they are opponents of the hero, then his helpers, according to the divine mediation and the reinsertion of the “Other” into the Christian system.