{"id":2320,"date":"2020-07-10T17:04:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=2320"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:08","slug":"otger-catalo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/otger-catalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Otger catal\u00f2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2320\" class=\"elementor elementor-2320\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed9a203 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed9a203\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-622bb4e\" data-id=\"622bb4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc272e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1fc272e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Iberian mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dd19a9\" data-id=\"6dd19a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d557e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"89d557e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_mythology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c1d6980 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c1d6980\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66bc2a69\" data-id=\"66bc2a69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d62f00a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d62f00a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a> tells that Otger Catalo or Golant for the Catalans would have been the only survivor of an attack by the Moors around 756. Seriously wounded, he was dragged to a cave by his dog who healed him (we find a dog with a collar of gold in the coat of arms of Otger Catalo). Once the forces recovered, he summoned nine Catalan knights to fight alongside him the Moors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Otger catalo\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/otger-catalo\/#Otger-Catalo\" >Otger catalo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Otger-Catalo\"><\/span>Otger catalo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The legend intervenes here. Because, it is mentioned in the story that the nine knights who placed their swords in front of the altar of the Black Madonna and swore to clear the holy land and give it back to the Christians, that is to say the barons of Farma are lords; Cervell\u00f3, Erill, Ribelles, Montcada, Cervera, Pin\u00f3s, Anglesola, Alemany and Mataplana and with Otger Catal\u00f2 who lived at different times sometimes even with a lag of two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>These knights number nine, and ten with Otger Catalo. This figure of nine will be found at the very heart of the construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/\">Catalonia<\/a>, divided into nine counties and then into nine religious communities.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>These barons were the most daring in Catalan land, often depicted around a circle with Otger in the middle and swords brandished, swearing devotion to the Black Madonna, Our Lady of Montgrony.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On his death Otger would have given his sword which he also held from the rider Saint-Jordi to Guillem&#039;s grandfather who will be responsible for transmitting it to a knight capable of defending the country if it is threatened again by the Moors. . Having become a monk Saint-Guillem kept the sword and one day when the Moors attacked the country again, the bell of the hermitage of Saint-Guillem-de Combret rang so loudly all by itself that it was heard in all the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Otger Catal\u00f2 would have had a line whose living members would bear the surnames: Catalan (in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-germaniques-60\/\">Germany<\/a> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/\">Spain<\/a>), Catal\u00f2 (in Spain and Portugal) and Cathala (in France).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Ib\u00e9rique Wiki La l\u00e9gende raconte qu\u2019Otger Catalo ou Golant pour les Catalans aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 le seul survivant d\u2019une attaque &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2187,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24772,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2320\/revisions\/24772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}