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The legend of Count Arnau is the quintessential myth of medieval Catalonia. In Catalan mythology, Comte Arnau (Count Arnau) is a legendary nobleman from the Ripollès county in Spain who, for his rapacious cruelty and lechery, is condemned to ride an undead horse for eternity while his flesh is devoured by flames. The legend has its origins in a popular song of the sixteenth century and the ballad has survived the passage of time. According to tradition, many centuries ago, Count Arnau committed two sins: he succumbed to the pleasures of the flesh with an abbess (the female superior to a community of nuns) and he did not pay the vassals he was to protect for work they had done for him. The consequence of these actions was a punishment that still goes on to this day: He rides eternally on a black horse, accompanied by a group of demonic dogs.

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Lo Comte Arnau (roughly translated to English)

"Count Arnau, the soldier
of Piedmont goes to battle
"Count Arnau, at this hour you go away,
Tell us, when will you return?

- To Saint John I will return,
And dead or alive, this I promise...
The woman I love is in the monastery
She will make me father of a beautiful child"

But St. John's Day has just arrived
Count Arnau has not yet returned
From the window of the house, his mother
saw him coming back on his horse

"mother make me a bed
because it's been too long since I slept.
Make it high, make it down (give me a proper bed or give me a grave)
But don't let my lover lie there."

- Count Arnau, don't even think it!
Would you leave a beautiful child?
- Not for one child nor for two,
I'll rise again.

- (The wife speaks) What is that noise in the monastery?
Could it be prayers for Count Arnau?
The woman who has just given birth
does not want to hear any more fateful prayers.

Say, for the celebration of tomorrow
Which dress should I wear?
- The woman who has just given birth
the black dress I must wear.

- Why do you say such ominous words?
What do your prayers say?
- They say that the one who has just given birth
must go to the cemetery".

To the cemetery she went.
To see Count Arnau buried.
"Here is the key to my cell
I will never go back.

Holy land open up,
I want to talk to my husband
Holy land, if you remain closed,
I will die with him."

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