[Gocamino] [saintjames] Re: New American Confraternities

[christiantraveller]

Hola!

Just a brief story about Roland and the Basques people in north-east 
France and Spain and,.according to the latter, I was told as I went 
through there many years ago ('96 & 99), Roland was defeated by them and 
not the moors as is claimed in the original Song of Roland. Don't you 
like the name of his famous horn? Oliphant.

Pierre V.

Robert Spenger wrote:

> Rosina,
>
> That's been the general consensus and that is what I had always 
> thought, but I looked it up recently and found that some scholars 
> suggest that the name predated the 1510 Spanish novel by about 
> 400-500 years and was in French, i.e. in the "Song of Roland."
>
> http://www.answers.com/topic/origin-of-the-name-california
>
> It is rather fascinating that the story of Roland, with its mythical 
> ties to the Camino, should have reference to a possible precursor to 
> the name California. I, personally, am inclined to accept that it was 
> independently coined by García Ordóñez de Montalvo for his 1510 
> novel, but the other version is an interesting speculation.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob
>
> On Mar 25, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Blaroli at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello you all,
> The word California, of course, is of Spanish origin.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Rosina
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