The "Transported Soldier" is one of Mexico's oldest folk legends, but where did it come from?
Today I take a deeper into the "1593 Transported Soldier Legend" and try to possibly explain the classic folk legend. Whether you believe the story (or the wilder explanations), it remains an interesting part of Mexico & The Philippines' twisted history with Spanish Colonialism.
The soldier's claim to have come from the Philippines was disbelieved by the Mexicans until his account of the assassination of Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas was corroborated months later by the passengers of a ship which had crossed the Pacific Ocean with the news. Folklorist Thomas Allibone Janvier in 1908 described the legend as "current among all classes of the population of the City of Mexico".
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