Abstract
The twenty-sixth tale from the Conde Lucanor by don Juan Manuel deals in an original way, with the subject of lie and truth since, in the story, the two notions are allegorical figures who share a tree. One day, the wind picks up and causes it fall, the death of Lie and the triumph of Truth. After being interested in the fleeting victory of Lie and its causes, we show, thanks to the study of the relationship between the two allegorical figures and putting the analyzed data into perspective with Augustinian conception, that the mendacium and the veritas are not totally antithetical notions. Finally, we focus on the final triumph of Truth, on the other Hispanic versions of the exemplum, and on its moral, which we explain relying on the Platonic and Neo-Platonic thought around the sensible world and the intelligible world.
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