Legends of the St.James Way Fuente Reniega The action takes place in the Alto del Perd贸n, a few kilometers from Pamplona. A pilgrim arrives at the summit exhausted by thirst. The devil, disguised as a walker, offers to tell a hidden source, on condition that denies God, the Virgin, or James. But the pilgrim keeps his faith at any cost, even when he is exhausted. That's when James appears dressed as a pilgrim, collects the dying and takes him to the hidden source, giving the drink with scallops.
The Mistery of obanos
It happens and count especially in Oban (Navarra). Felicia Aquitaine Jacobean pilgrims, returning from Compostela renounces his life of nobility and decides to stay in AmocaĂn to devote his life to the poor. His brother, Duke William, hearing of this decision is for her. Furious at his sister's refusal to return to their homeland, the stabs and Felicia dies. The Duke was full of remorse, confessed his sin in Rome. The penance is imposed pilgrimage to Santiago. On his return from this pilgrimage, also renounces his former life and stay in Oban and penitent next to the chapel of the Virgin on Mount Arnotegui. Later it will be St. William and the shrine is dedicated to his name. This legend is staged in the town square in the second half of August. The image of the Virgin (XIII century) in this chapel is preserved in the parish.
Poyo de Roldรกn
On the Road to Santiago and La Rioja, Navarrete and Tricio past, is the Poyo de Roldรกn. Is on the right road and it is a hill (bench) which has its legend: "In the castle lived Najera Farragut or Ferragut, descendant of Syrian giant Goliath and stronger than him. He fought and defeated the best warriors of Charlemagne, except Roland, who one day from the bench he saw the giant sitting at the gate of his castle. Roland took a round stone that weighed two pounds and threw it toward the giant, which he on the forehead and fell down. Since then the hill is called Podium or Poyo de Roland '. Farragut or giant Ferragut and Roldan are two characters that are always present in legends and capitals along this stretch of the Camino from Roncesvalles to Puente la Reina.
The Bird and the virgin
It happened in the town of Puente la Reina, a place where the two roads that are coming from the Pyrenees: the Somport and Roncesvalles. On the bridge of the pilgrims, who was ordered built by Queen Elder, wife of Sancho III the Great, of Navarre, in a place of difficult access, was an image of the Virgin. At the time of celebrating something that is important for the city itself or the rest of Navarre came a little bird that dipped their wings in the river and washed them with the image and then removed the remaining peak crap.
The miracle of the cock and hen It happened in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja. In the fourteenth century pilgrimage to Compostela Hugonell, a young German of 18 who is accompanied by their parents. In the old inn where a young girl working who falls for him and love requires, what the boy refuses. Spiteful revenge and eager to save the young man in his bag a silver cup and then accuses him of theft. Hugonell Young and his parents were preparing to leave to follow the pilgrimage, when it comes to justice and prove the accusation by recording the boy's wallet. He is convicted and sentenced to hang. Parents can not do anything but pray for him to Santiago. Approaching the hanged body of his son to say goodbye to hear how he speaks from the gallows and tells them he is alive by the grace of the Holy. Happy, happy they will communicate the news to the magistrate, who, just then, is dining sumptuously some birds. The mayor naturally mocks what he hears and launches the familiar phrase: "Your son is as alive as this rooster and the hen that I was about to eat before bothering me." And at that moment, the birds jump from the plate and they begin to sing and cackle gleefully. This legend was born the popular saying: "In Santo Domingo de la Calzada, sang after roast chicken.