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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 07:47 AM
The Exploits of Esplandian by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo


http://www.csun.edu/~pjk77863/Exploits%20of%20Esplandian.pdf



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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 08:37 AM


Thanks for sharing!
How California got its name!




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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 11:14 AM


Calafia....Warrior Women....


Wikipedia:

"Calafia has been depicted as the Spirit of California, and has been the subject of modern-day sculpture, paintings, stories and films; she often figures in the myth of California's origin, symbolizing an untamed and bountiful land prior to Europeans taking the land by force.[3]"

...of course the "myth" has a powerful female image being converted to male-dominant religion....such is religious story-telling.

I would prefer the image of the notion pre-conversion....aside from the bit about killing and eating men/male babies after conjugal encounters....:spingrin:




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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 11:25 AM


the small buses that shuttle folks around are called "calafia's" i've asked numerous mexican friends where that comes from.....nobody seems to know?
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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 11:38 AM


So this Calafia….is she single? There is something sexy about a man eater!



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[*] posted on 4-21-2019 at 11:40 AM


Always a challenge, Gary....;)

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