{"id":2333,"date":"2020-07-10T20:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=2333"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:08","slug":"le-babau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/iberian-mythology\/le-babau\/","title":{"rendered":"The Babau"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2333\" class=\"elementor elementor-2333\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29a1276 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29a1276\" 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-2fde47f\" data-id=\"2fde47f\" 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-408391d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"408391d\" 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-a2f4cd9\" data-id=\"a2f4cd9\" 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-1207eab elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1207eab\" 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-93d1c43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93d1c43\" 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-4bda01cf\" data-id=\"4bda01cf\" 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-6cb811ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cb811ac\" 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\n<p>The story of the Babau (pronounced \u201cBabaou\u201d) is quite an amazing story. Its setting is the Salanque and more particularly the villages of Rivesaltes, Pia and Ortolanes (today it is only the old hermitage Notre Dame de la Salut).<\/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=\"Babu\" 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\/le-babau\/#Le-Babau\" >The Babau\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le-Babau\"><\/span>The Babau\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a>, on the night of February 2, 1290 a bloodthirsty monster emerged from the banks of the Agly. Where did he come from? Who was he ? No one knows. Still, it is there, and there. The monster approached the walls of Rivesaltes, but on this calm night everything was locked. Approaching the large wall, he sees a gap and squeezes through it. He is then near the common oven inside the city. The story goes that a real carnage took place: 6 children were devoured, the oldest of whom was only 7 years old. From that day on, the \u201cforat d&#039;al fourn\u201d (oven hole) entered the legend at the same time as the Babau.<\/p>\n\n<p>The next day the St Blaise procession was canceled and the hole was urgently blocked. But during the night the wall was pierced again and traces of the monster appeared in the sand of the bank. The watchmen swore they had heard hissings in the night and seen the eyes of the beast. According to their descriptions the beast had eyes that shot red flames!<\/p>\n\n<p>The next evening the lord of Fraisse, present in the city of Rivesaltes, remained awake. As the Babau engulfed the city again, he was able to mortally wound him. The animal fled and ran aground near Ortolanes, where it died. The inhabitants of Rivesaltes, relieved, took the following day a rib of the sinister beast as a relic. The most fantastic thing is that this coast is still visible in Rivesaltes, at the tourist office!<\/p>\n\n<p>In fact, and too bad for the legend, it is a whale rib, the very one that ran aground in St Cyprien on November 27, 1828 and which was missing a few ribs when the specialists arrived. This is how bloodthirsty monster ribs can also be found in Arles sur Tech!<\/p>\n\n<p>On a building in the city center of Rivesaltes is drawn a trompe-l&#039;oeil. We see on the left the lord of Fraisse, crossbow in hand, while the monster approaches the city on the right. At the top, on the right, we can see the citadel of the Salveterra, the castle of Opoul. The drawing on the red sheet stretched on the balcony is the coat of arms of Rivesaltes, a Saint Andr\u00e9 of complexion and the cross in saltire, called &quot;of Saint Andr\u00e9&quot;.<\/p>\n\n<p>You should know that a brotherhood of Babau was created recently, in 1996. It inherited an older commandery, known in the Middle Ages towards the end of the 13th century. As such, she is the guardian of the Babau tradition in Rivesaltes.<\/p>\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<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Ib\u00e9rique Wiki C&rsquo;est une bien \u00e9tonnante histoire que celle du Babau (prononcez \u00ab\u00a0Babaou\u00a0\u00bb). Elle a pour cadre la Salanque &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-2333","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333","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=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24776,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions\/24776"}],"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=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}