Note 124 — Chapter VIII · Various Manifestations
Reading edition
Solalinde, Antologia de Alfonso X, el Sabio, p. 264-65. In the Libro de Alejandro we find the mysterious bird continually being burned in its nest only to be revived again when half consumed, line 2311, as well as the hen that ceases to lay the golden eggs when Alejandro is born, because they would be no longer needed to pay tribute, line 130. There are also the two “grifos” which carry him thru the air all over Asia, Africa, and Europe (lines 2333 ff.).
In the second part of the Primera Crónica General the body of the Cid, now seven years dead, is said to draw its sword a palm’s breadth when affronted by a Jew and never could the sword be forced back into its scabbard (p. 642 b 26).