Editing Cagot (section)

=== Biblical legends ===

Various legends placed the Cagots as originating from biblical events, including being descendants of the carpenters who made the cross that [[Jesus]] was crucified on,<ref name="Carrasco, 1979">{{cite news |last=Carrasco |first=Bel |date=27 April 1979 |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1979/04/28/cultura/294098406_850215.html |title=Los agotes, minoría, étnica española: Mesa redonda de la Asociación Madrileña de Antropología |language=es |trans-title=The agotes, Spanish ethnic minority: Round table of the Madrid Anthropology Association |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=[[El País]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008134858/https://elpais.com/diario/1979/04/28/cultura/294098406_850215.html |archive-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> or being descendants of the bricklayers who built [[Solomon's Temple]] after being expelled from [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|ancient Israel]] by [[Yahweh|God]] due to poor craftsmanship.{{sfnp|Álvarez|2019}} Similarly a more detailed legend places the origins of the Cagots in Spain as being descendants of a Pyrenean master carver named Jacques, who traveled to ancient Israel via [[Tartessos]], to cast [[Boaz and Jachin]] for Solomon's Temple. While in Israel he was distracted during the casting of Jachin by a woman, and due to the imperfection this caused in the column his descendants were cursed to suffer leprosy.{{r|Lascorz, Bizén, 1992}}