Celestina’s <i>veritas</i>: Fetishizing the Salve/<i>salve</i> of Healing Wine

Abstract

This article studies Celestina’s encomium of wine in Act 9 as a manifestation of the role she plays throughout the work as a pseudo-priestess, whether in its Christian aspect, when she presides over the «Eucharist» during the banquet scene, or in its Dionysian aspect, in which as a fundamental part of the cult of this pagan deity, wine played a key role. The article also analyzes the importance of serpent imagery in the work, especially with respect to the myth of Tiresias.

Keywords

• vino
• mito de dionisio
• mito de tiresias
• eucaristía
• serpientes