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Thanks, Laurie. 16th century or 17th century, 520 years maximum. Either my friend made a mistake or Brierley has changed the info in a more recent edition.From SantiagoWays.com:
“This cross was installed in the 16th century at the request of the religious people of that time. Its objective was to purify the Sorginaritzaga Forest, which was believed to be the land of witches.
At the end of the 18th century, the cross was severely damaged by lightning. Later on, French troops who had taken the legend to heart destroyed the White Cross completely, as a symbol that represented the defeat of their ancestors to the Basques.
The reconstruction of the White Cross was finished in 2006. The cross we can see today is a replica of the original.”
Brierley simply says, “… on the outskirts of Burguete we passed the White Cross Cruz Blanca [symbol of divine purification erected as protection against the witches‘ healing arts!].” He doesn’t give a date but refers to secret witches’ covens in the nearby forest in the 16th century.
Either my friend made a mistake or Brierley has changed the info in a more recent edition.
Very interesting thank you. In fact "sorgina" means witch and "aritza" is oak in Euskera.From SantiagoWays.com:
“This cross was installed in the 16th century at the request of the religious people of that time. Its objective was to purify the Sorginaritzaga Forest, which was believed to be the land of witches.
The Cruz de los Peregrinos, the Pilgrims Cross, is described in Spanish sources as one of the most famous crosses of the Camino de Santiago. Below is a screenshot from a video that shows its position, with Roncesvalles at the far end of the road. There are entries for both crosses in Xacopedia, here and here. Both of them are not completely original compositions and not in their original place. The Cruz Blanca/Cruz de Roldan is apparently a 2006 job, put together from "older material".a cruceiro, on the far side of the main road?
I remember that cross - it is a different one, and you pass it where the woodland path is quite close to the road, not far out of Roncesvalles, so it's easily seen. I'll attempt a screenshot from Google Street View...My blogger friend has sent me a photo of the relevant page in his Brierley.
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Is Brierley referring to a different cross, a cruceiro, on the far side of the main road? Surely he would not be so careless as to refer to the White Cross as a pilgrim cross, when there is a notice board next to it explaining why it's there, and a plaque at its base stating that it is 17th-century (S.XVII). [On the other hand he refers to O Cebreiro as O'Cebreiro.] So JB did not say that the cross is 700 years old in so many words, but that it's "14th century" which was anywhere between 600 and 700 years ago. And if he was referring to a cruceiro on the far side of the main road, why mention it when a walker on the woodland path would not see it? Referring to the 12th edition, why would anyone want to be protected from anybody's healing arts, even of witches?
This would also explain why Gitliz/Davidson don't even mention a Cruz Blanca (their book was published earlier and has not been updated to include more recent additions to the Camino de Santiago) while they describe the Cruz de Peregrinos as follows: a 14th century Gothic pilgrims cross. Its base is a Renaissance capital representing Navarra king Sancho el Fuerte and his wife Clemencia. The cross was brought from further up the mountain to this site in 1880.The Cruz Blanca/Cruz de Roldan is apparently a 2006 job
Why did Brierley write this? His comment is an ironic comment and reflects his own beliefs. He obviously adheres to the belief that the men and women who were burnt at the stake as witches were wise women and wise men and healers who were persecuted by the Catholic Church for this reason. Such modern beliefs are wrong.why would anyone want to be protected from anybody's healing arts, even of witches
Why did Brierley write this? His comment is an ironic comment and reflects his own beliefs. Thanks, Katar1na. Irony does not come over in print, at least, not to me.why would anyone want to be protected from anybody's healing arts, even of witches
I cannot argue with that, but what point are you trying to make?Basque language doesn´t have articles. They add an "a" at the end of a word instead. "Gurutze Zuria" meaning the White Cross or Errolanen Gurutzea that is the Roldan Cross.
When I did my SJPP- Logroño, I stayed in Burguete. I didn´t find any Basque speaker there. But no doubt that Basque was spoken in the past.
No apology necessary, Pelegrin. I thought you were trying to say that somebody had got a translation wrong or that the Basque was wrong somewhere. Basque is certainly an odd language, famous for having no connection with any other language. It's so odd that Google Translate cannot come up with a translation for 'akelarre' (witches' sabbath, according to Wiki).I wanted to give some information about the Basque certainly not required by the OP.
I am sorry.
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