Lucas of Tuy believed it was the devil lamenting the disaster of Calatañazor (el diablo que llorava la cayda de los moros). Almanzor never ate or drank after his defeat, and dying in Medinaceli he was buried there.
Lucas of Tuy believed it was the devil expressing grief over the Calatañazor disaster (el diablo que expresaba dolor por la caída de los moros). Almanzor never had an appetite or thirst after his defeat, and he died in Medinaceli; he was then laid to rest there.