The legend of the Mouth of truth

Pay attention that today I will tell you the legend of the Mouth of Truth

One of the most visited attractions in Rome is "La Bocca Della Verità" a stone of almost one ton and 1.75 high.

It is believed that it is a representation of the god Jupiter as a faun, and can be visited in the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome.

It is not known exactly what was its function, so began to form legends about the mysterious stone.

With the stone you can know how honest someone is, because according to the legend, if someone puts their hand and tells a lie, the mouth closes.

So then, in the Middle Ages, when someone was accused of falsehood, they forced him to put his hand in the Mouth of Truth.

If you were innocent you would remove it without problem, but if you said any lie, the mouth would close and you would be without a hand.

In the eleventh century it was very famous and used it as an oracle, if someone doubted the fidelity of his wife he would take it to the Mouth of Truth.

And here arises the most famous story of all the legends that surround the stone ...

A young man fell in love with a beautiful Roman woman and after a while they got married, but shortly after the wedding he had to leave Rome.

So he left his beautiful young wife and she promised him that during his absence he would be faithful.

But what do you think?

That soon after she started to sleep with a neighbor and the situation lasted a long time until one day ...

The husband returned and noticed something strange so he began to suspect the fidelity of his young wife.

So he decided to take her to the Mouth of Truth, the wife became pale with terror and asked him to trust her.

Dead with fear she wept, she begged, she even took offense because it was not possible that he did not believe his word but it was in vain, he took her out ...

The house and began to walk with it to the mouth of truth, soon many curious went out to see the show.

Including the lover of the young woman who looked at her terrified and just as she passed him, he pretended to stumble and he instinctively caught her.

And so when she arrived at the Mouth of Truth she reached in and shouted in a clear voice so that everyone could hear her ...

"I swear that during the absence of my husband no man touched me ... well except for the young man who stopped me so as not to trip"

And so the young woman returned home and her husband had to make merit for her to forgive him for having doubted her.

And to this day the mouth is still there, judging those who do not tell the truth or are intelligent enough to deceive it.

End.!