Editing Almogavars (section)

==Cultural and linguistic legacy==

===Negative connotation of Almogavars===

Almogavars were also known as "Catalans" in Byzantine Empire territories. The presence of the company left its mark on the [[folklore]] and the popular legend of the different regions where they went, including as far as the [[Balkans]] and Greece. Devastation caused by Almogavars troops has created a negative connotation in some places.<ref><span class="reference-text">Rubió y Lluch, Antonio; Eusebi Ayensa (2001). ''El record dels Catalans en la tradició popular, històrica i literària de Grècia''. Curial Edicions Catalanes; Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat.</span></ref>

In the Greek regions of [[Attica]] and [[Boeotia]], a popular saying included: may ''the revenge of the Catalans fall on you'', while in the region of [[Mount Parnassus|Parnassus]], the following saying was popularized: "I will flee from the Turks to fall into the hands of the Catalans".

In [[Bulgaria]], the expressions "Catalan" or "Aragonese" and "son of Catalan" mean "evil man, soulless, torturer". [[Ivan Vazov|Ivan M. Vazov]] in the poem ''Pirates,'' first published in 1915, includes the Catalans with the Turks as the greatest oppressors of the Bulgarian nation, while in [[Albania]] the word "Catalan" means "ugly and wicked man." Likewise, "Catalan" or "Katallani" is designated in Albanian folklore as a monster with one eye, reminiscent in many ways the Cyclops [[Polyphemus]]. This cyclops is represented by a wild blacksmith who feeds on human flesh. He also has no knees, so he can not bend, and long legs like masts of a ship. He faces a young hero named Dedaliya. This tradition, in various versions, is usually called by the title of ''Daedalus dhe Katallani'', Daedalus and Catalan.

=== Almogavar legacy in contemporary culture ===
[[File:Standard of the 6th Airborne Brigade Almogávares.svg|thumb|right|285px|Standard of the [[Paratrooper Brigade (Spain)|6th Airborne Brigade "Almogávares"]] (obverse)]]

* In Spain, [[Paratrooper Brigade (Spain)|Paratrooper Brigade]] VI is called "Almogávares".<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=http://www.ejercito.mde.es/unidades/Madrid/bripacii/|title=Official page of the Spanish army|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> The first Spanish paratrooper unit was founded on 17 October 1953 and named after Almogavar commander Roger de Flor.

In addition, Almogavars have appeared in some works of fiction:
* In the 1942 Spanish film ''[[Raza (film)|Raza]]'', based on a semi-autobiographical script by the then head of state [[Francisco Franco]], a Navy officer describes to his children the Almogavars as model soldiers.
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Assassin's Creed Revelations]]'', a video game produced by [[Ubisoft]], there is a unit called "Byzantine Almogavar" based on Almogavars.