{"id":7551,"date":"2013-10-31T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2013-10-31T15:15:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:15:57","slug":"a-ghost-story-for-a-spanish-all-eves-night-the-spiritsmountain-by-gustavo-adolfo-becquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/a-ghost-story-for-a-spanish-all-eves-night-the-spiritsmountain-by-gustavo-adolfo-becquer\/","title":{"rendered":"A ghost story for a Spanish Halloween night: &#8220;The Spirits\u00b4Mountain&#8221;, by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Escuchar historias de fantasmas y de terror es una tradici\u00f3n durante la noche previa al d\u00eda de Todos los Santos tambi\u00e9n. Nosotros no tenemos el &#8220;truco o trato&#8221; (bueno, los m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os si est\u00e1n adoptando esta tradici\u00f3n), pero nos reunimos con los amigos para tostar casta\u00f1as y compartir historias. Una de mis favoritas es &#8220;El monte de las \u00e1nimas&#8221;, una leyenda escrita por Gustavo Adolfo B\u00e9quer, un escritor rom\u00e1ntico espa\u00f1ol. Fue publicada por primera vez en el peri\u00f3dico \u201cEl Contempor\u00e1neo\u201d en 1861. El autor insinuaba que hab\u00eda escuchado el cuento en Soria en la noche previa al d\u00eda de Todos los Santos, y al no poder dormir, decidi\u00f3 escribirla.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cuenta la historia de Alonso, el hijo m\u00e1s joven del conde Borges y su prima Beatriz, una joven bastante orgullosa. Un d\u00eda que que estaban dando un paseo a caballo por el campo, \u00e9l le cont\u00f3 la leyenda de una colina encantada por el esp\u00edritu de viejos caballeros templarios. Cuando volvieron a casa, ella se di\u00f3 cuenta que hab\u00eda perdido una banda azul en el monte, y le pidi\u00f3 al joven que se la devolviese como prueba de su afecto. El se resist\u00eda a volver al monte porque se dec\u00eda que las \u00e1nimas vagaban por la tierra en esa noche, pero la insistencia de ella lo oblig\u00f3 a ir y ambos pasaron una noche algo atormentada&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 pens\u00e1is ocurri\u00f3 con Alonso y Beatriz? No voy a contaros el final de la historia porque vais a escucharlo en una fant\u00e1stica retransmisi\u00f3n (a partir del minuto 8). Es un buen ejercicio para mejorar vuestras habilidades al escuchar de una manera emocionante jeje. Pod\u00e9is leer una traducci\u00f3n al ingl\u00e9s en el siguiente enlace: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/gaslight.mtroyal.ca\/sprtmntn.htm\">The Spirits\u00b4 Mountain<\/a>\u201d, y la historia original en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciudadseva.com\/textos\/cuentos\/esp\/becquer\/montede.htm\">El monte de las \u00e1nimas<\/a>&#8220;. \u00a1Espero que lo disfrut\u00e9is!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rwoXLOkEfo8&#038;feature=share\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rwoXLOkEfo8&amp;feature=share<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Listen to ghost and terror stories is a tradition during the Spanish\u00a0All Hallow&#8217;s Eve too. We don\u00b4t do \u201ctrick or treat\u201d (well, actually young people are adopting this tradition), but we meet up with friends to toast chestnuts and share stories. One of my favorite is \u201cThe Spirit\u00b4s Mountain\u201d, a legend written by Gustavo Adolfo Bequer, a Spanish romantic writer. It was first published in a newspaper, \u201cEl Contempor\u00e1neo\u201d, in 1861. The author pretended to have heard the tale in Soria during All Eve\u00b4s Night, and not being able to sleep, he decided to write it down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It tells the story of Alonso, the youngest son of Count Borges and his cousin Beatriz, a very proud young lady. One day, having a horse ride through the countryside, he told her the legend of a hill haunted by the spirits of some ancient Templar knights. When they returned home, she found that she had lost a blue sash in the mountain, and asked him to bring it back as a token of his love. He was reluctant to go to the mount because souls were told to wander the earth that night, but her insistence forced him to go and both of them had a creepy night\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What do you think happened with Alonso and Beatriz? I\u2019m not telling you the end of the story, as you are going to listen to it in a wonderful radio broadcast (from minute 8 onwards). It is a great exercise to improve your listening skills in a thrilling way he he. You can read an English translation in this link: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/gaslight.mtroyal.ca\/sprtmntn.htm\">The Spirits\u00b4 Mountain<\/a>\u201d, and the Spanish original story here: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciudadseva.com\/textos\/cuentos\/esp\/becquer\/montede.htm\">El monte de las \u00e1nimas<\/a>&#8220;. Hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Read some more Spanish traditions for this night in our posts: <a title=\"Spanish traditions in All Hallows\u2019 Eve: Don Juan Tenorio\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-traditions-in-all-hallows-eve-don-juan-tenorio\/\">Spanish traditions in All Hallows\u2019 Eve: Don Juan Tenorio, <!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Spanish traditions in All Hallows\u2019 Eve: Don Juan Tenorio\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-traditions-in-all-hallows-eve-don-juan-tenorio\/\">&lt;!&#8211;[if gte mso 9]&gt;<\/a><a title=\"Fiesta de Todos los Santos\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/fiesta-de-todos-los-santos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fiesta de Todos los Santos,<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Tradiciones espa\u00f1olas en el d\u00eda de Todos los Santos, y la creencia en las \u00c1nimas benditas.\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-traditions-on-the-day-of-all-saints-and-the-belief-in-the-blessed-souls\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tradiciones espa\u00f1olas en el d\u00eda de Todos los Santos, y la creencia en las \u00c1nimas benditas.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escuchar historias de fantasmas y de terror es una tradici\u00f3n durante la noche previa al d\u00eda de Todos los Santos tambi\u00e9n. Nosotros no tenemos el &#8220;truco o trato&#8221; (bueno, los m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os si est\u00e1n adoptando esta tradici\u00f3n), pero nos reunimos con los amigos para tostar casta\u00f1as y compartir historias. 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