While researching myths and legends of the Renaissance period, I found a new one - about cities of Cibola and Quivra. According to the legend, around the year 1150 when the Moors conquered Merida, Spain, seven Cathlic bishops fled the city, not only to save their own lives but also to prevent the Muslims from capturing sacred religious relics. Many years later rumor appeared, that in an unknown place these bishops found the cities of Cibola and Quivra. Then new details appeared in this newborn myth - these cities grew rich mainly from gold and precious stones. Myth kept on growing, and soon instead of two cities, there were seven - for each bishop who had left Merida. And all seven cities were magnificent and made of gold.
Surprisingly, this naive myth fueled many expeditions in the Old World in search of the mythical cities during the following centuries.
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