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The Continuity of Tradition

On the prophetic song of the Sibyl: Judicii Signum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Micheline Galley
Micheline Galley*
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C.N.R.S., Paris
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Abstract

In Malta and Southern Italy, legends centred on the prestigious figure of the Sibyl are still known by the older people. In Majorca, the prophetic song attributed to the Greek Sibyl, Erythrea (6th century BC), is still sung on Christmas eve in the monastery-sanctuary of Lluc. This paper focuses on the history of this prophetic song since its adoption by the medieval Church and on its surviving tradition in certain areas of Catalan culture – a fabulous example of cultural continuity.

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Diogenes , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , August 2008, pp. 35 - 45
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Copyright © ICPHS 2008

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