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El Cid

submitted by Fedquip

1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago

Vintage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_cid - Legend has it that after El Cid died, his wife strapped his body to his horse and sent it back into battle, believing that his troops would be defeated from demoralization. The troops, thinking that their leader was riding to fight beside them, rallied once more. The opposing army was so afraid of what looked to be an invincible fighter, that they retreated to their boats. Thus, El Cid is said to have won his final battle even after his death.

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Tags changed from "religious war,spain,11th century" to "charleton heston, spain, 11th century" by gold star member swampgirl.

Tags changed from "charleton heston, spain, 11th century" to "charlton heston, spain, 11th century" by gold star member swampgirl.

Sorry about the double edit...

So what happened to him afterwards? Did someone chase the horse down and pull him off to bury him? I keep having this image in my mind of the horse miles away bending over to drink at a water hole w/ this dead guy strapped to his back..

Watched this in Spanish class. We all laughed at the sight of a dead man riding away on his horse.

Yeah, and what if no one comes to retrieve the body.. this poor horse will have this dead guy on his back for god knows how long. What if it body slides crooked..that's gotta hurt after a while.....

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