Galician mythology

Galician mythology is the set of myths and stories that are part of the culture of the Galician people. They are a series of narrative stories or cultural expressions of sacred origin and later secularized and treated stories of the culture. Sometimes they relate to a specific era or to a series of beliefs of an imaginary nature.

Background

Dating to pre-Roman times, these stories, once of a religious or spiritual nature, are based on traditions and legends created to explain the universe, the origin of the world, natural phenomena, and anything else for which there was no simple explanation. Not all stories have an explanatory purpose. However, many of them are related to a natural force or a deity, and many are simply stories and legends that have been passed down orally from generation to generation.^[1]

The remains of Queen Lupa buried at Castle of Saint George, on Mount Pindo, the "Celtic Mount Olympus" are an example of this.^[2]

Galician mythical beings

Some Galician mythical beings are:

Individuals belonging to "mythical races"^[3]

Entities that personify some quality or human condition^[3]

Pedro Chosco [gl] (The Galician version of Wee Willie Winkie)
Death
Holy Company (Galician: A Estadea)

Mythological people^[3]

Queen Lupa
Ana Manama
Blanchefleur (Galician: Brancaflor)
María Castaña [es]
Orcavella [gl]
Pepa a Loba [gl]

Humans with supernatural powers^[3]

Baluros [gl]
Bandoleiros
Corredores
Werewolves
Witches
Meiga chuchona [gl]
Nuberu
Sabias
Vedoiros

Demons, angels, and saints^[3]

Magical plants and creatures^[3]

Gallery

German representation of a werewolf, from 1722
Witch burning
Representation of the Holy Company in Pontevedra
Olláparo sculpture, on the Barraña beach promenade, Boiro
Midnight Washerwomen, painting by the Breton painter Yan' Dargent.
Baptism of Queen Lupa by Saint James. Fonte do Carmen, Padrón.
Graffiti of a witch in Ordes
An interpretation of a Nuberu
Statue of Teucer in Pontevedra
Coco through the streets of Redondela at the Festival of Coco in Redondela [es]

Bibliography

Cuba, Xoán Ramiro [in Galician]; Reigosa, Antonio [in Galician]; Miranda, Xosé [in Galician] (1999). Pequena mitoloxía de Galicia. Illustrated by Lázaro Enríquez. Edicións Xerais de Galicia. ISBN 84-8302-363-6.
Cuba, Xoán Ramiro [in Galician]; Reigosa, Antonio [in Galician]; Miranda, Xosé [in Galician] (2001). Dicionario dos seres míticos galegos. Edicións Xerais de Galici. ISBN 978-84-8302-705-9.
Reigosa, Antonio [in Galician] (2000). Guía de campo da Galicia Encantada. Dos seres míticos e dos lugares que habitan. Illustrated by Noemí López. Xerais. ISBN 978-84-9121-646-9.
Reigosa, Antonio [in Galician]; Brochs, Neira (2020). Cen historias máxicas pola Mariña encantada. Viveiro: Libros LAR. ISBN 978-84-9493-086-7.
Reigosa, Antonio [in Galician] (2020). Contrahistorias de Galicia. Edicións Embora. ISBN 978-84-1782-427-3.

References

^ Cuba, Reigosa & Miranda 1999, p. 13.
^ NATALIA, KLIMCZAK (13 February 2016), "Monte Pindo: A Legendary Celtic Olympus from Ancient Galicia", Ancient Origins {{citation}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cuba, Reigosa & Miranda 2001.

External links

Galicia encantada

[FOOTNOTECubaReigosaMiranda199913-1] Cuba, Reigosa & Miranda 1999, p. 13.

[2] NATALIA, KLIMCZAK (13 February 2016), "Monte Pindo: A Legendary Celtic Olympus from Ancient Galicia", Ancient Origins {{citation}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

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