El Poema de Mio Cid y las colecciones de cuentos árabes y hebreos. Las arcas de los judíos Rachel y Vidas

The Ark’s episode in the Mio Cid’s Song has been dealt with at length. Nonetheless, it is necessary to analyze the literary interplay, its reference to the Arabic and Hebrew tales which provide the background to understand the Ark’s episode fully within the frame of the Poem. The tales about the theft suffered by pious Jews who were rewarded by God and which highlighted the victory of their faith over the Pagans or the Christians are used this time to show up the Christian’s faith superiority. In this paper we intend to analyze the development of this Literary Motif in Mediaeval Literature.