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Spanish mythology would encompass all the sacred myths
Mythology

The word mythology refers to a body of folklore/myths/legends that a particular culture believes to be true and that often use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity....
 of the cultures in the region of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. They include Galician mythology, Asturian mythology, Cantabrian mythology
Cantabrian mythology

It seems that the native Cantabria mythology connected, from the beginning and with the passing of the years, with Celtic mythology and Roman mythology becoming partly related with legends and traditions from the rest of the Cantabrian Mountains....
, Catalan mythology and Basque mythology
Basque mythology

The mythology of the ancient Basque people largely did not survive the, albeit late, arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD....
. They also include the myths and religions of the Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
s, Celtiberians
Celtiberians

The Celtiberians were a Celtic languages-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BCE. The group originated when Celts migrated from Gaul and integrated with the local Pre-Indo-European populations of Iberia, in particular the Iberians....
, Iberians
Iberians

The Iberians were a set of peoples that Ancient Greece and ancient Rome sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC....
, Milesians
Milesians (Irish)

Milesians are a people figuring in Irish mythology. The descendants of M?l Esp?ine, they were the final inhabitants of Ireland, and were believed to represent the Goidelic Celts....
, Carthaginians, Suebi
Suebi

The Suebi or Suevi were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned by Julius Caesar in connection with Ariovistus' campaign, c....
, Visigoth
Visigoth

The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were among the barbarians who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period....
s, Spaniards, Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 of Spain, and some Roman
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
 and Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
.








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Spanish mythology would encompass all the sacred myths
Mythology

The word mythology refers to a body of folklore/myths/legends that a particular culture believes to be true and that often use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity....
 of the cultures in the region of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. They include Galician mythology, Asturian mythology, Cantabrian mythology
Cantabrian mythology

It seems that the native Cantabria mythology connected, from the beginning and with the passing of the years, with Celtic mythology and Roman mythology becoming partly related with legends and traditions from the rest of the Cantabrian Mountains....
, Catalan mythology and Basque mythology
Basque mythology

The mythology of the ancient Basque people largely did not survive the, albeit late, arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD....
. They also include the myths and religions of the Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
s, Celtiberians
Celtiberians

The Celtiberians were a Celtic languages-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BCE. The group originated when Celts migrated from Gaul and integrated with the local Pre-Indo-European populations of Iberia, in particular the Iberians....
, Iberians
Iberians

The Iberians were a set of peoples that Ancient Greece and ancient Rome sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC....
, Milesians
Milesians (Irish)

Milesians are a people figuring in Irish mythology. The descendants of M?l Esp?ine, they were the final inhabitants of Ireland, and were believed to represent the Goidelic Celts....
, Carthaginians, Suebi
Suebi

The Suebi or Suevi were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned by Julius Caesar in connection with Ariovistus' campaign, c....
, Visigoth
Visigoth

The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were among the barbarians who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period....
s, Spaniards, Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 of Spain, and some Roman
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
 and Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
.

General

  • Antillia
    Antillia

    Antillia is a legendary island which was reputed during the age of exploration to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Portugal and Spain....
  • The Arab Astrologer
  • The Black Dragon of the Enchanted Wool
  • The Black Legend
    Black Legend

    The Black Legend is a term coined by Juli?n Juder?as in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad hist?rica , to describe the depiction of Spain and Spaniards as "cruel", "intolerant" and "fanatical" in anti-Spanish literature, starting in the sixteenth century....
  • Bonfires of Saint John
    Bonfires of Saint John

    Bonfires of Saint John For this festival, people gather together and create large bonfires from any kind of wood, such as old furniture, and share hot chocolate while teens and children jump over the fires....
  • Brujo (male), Bruja (female), (Brujería (Witchcraft)
    Brujeria (Witchcraft)

    Brujer?a is the Spanish word for witchcraft. Brujeria also refers to a mystical sect of male witches in the southermost part of Argentina.Both men and women can be witches, brujos and brujas respectively....
    )
  • The Bull of Teruel
    Teruel

    Teruel is a city in Aragon, Spain, the capital of Teruel . It has a population of 34,240 in 2006. It is noted for its harsh climate, its jam?n serrano , its pottery and its famous Fiestas ....
  • Carnival
    Carnival

    Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus , masque and public street party....
  • Columbus
    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
     legends
  • The Daughter of Peter de Cabinam
  • Hernán Cortés
    Hernán Cortés

    Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
     legends
  • The Dark Queen
  • Dis
    Dis Pater

    Dis Pater, or Dispater , was a Roman mythology and Celtic polytheism of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Hades . Originally a chthonic god of riches, fertile agricultural land, and underground mineral wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities Pluto and Orcus , becoming an underworld....
  • Duende
    Duende (mythology)

    A duende is a fairy- or goblin-like mythological Mayan character. While its nature varies throughout Spain, Portugal and Spanish-speaking Americas, in many cases its closest equivalents known in the Anglophone world are the Irish leprechaun, the Scottish Brownie , the Danish-Norwegian Nisse, or the Swedish Tomte....
  • Cult of the Bull
  • Fiesta
    Fiesta

    Fiesta can mean:*A Spanish-derived word for festival, party, celebration, or holiday.*Ford Fiesta, a model of car produced by Ford.*Fiesta , the line of Homer Laughlin China Co....
  • Gigantes
    Gigantes

    In Greek mythology, the Gigantes or, commonly, Giants, were a race of giants, children of Gaia or Gaea, who were fertilized by the blood of Uranus_, after being castration by his son Cronus....
     - giants
    Giant (mythology)

    The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology....
  • Gigantes y cabezudos
    Gigantes y cabezudos

    In fiesta, "gigantes y cabeduzos" refers to people wearing large head masks, and often tall costumes.In Catalonia, each town or city has its own gegants i capgrossos and in every local festival you can see a cercavila with gegants, capgrossos and local dances....
  • Guisando
    Guisando

    Guisando may refer to:* Bulls of Guisando* Guisando, Spain...
     bulls
  • Haribdis
  • The Isles of the Blest, near the Strait of Gades (near Spain).
  • Lobisome, the Galician werewolf
  • The Lovers of Teruel
    Lovers of Teruel

    The Lovers of Teruel is a romance story that is alleged to have taken place in 1217 in the small town of Teruel ....
  • Magellan
    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
     legends
  • Montesinos
    Montesinos

    Montesinos may refer to:* Vladimiro Montesinos, former head of Peru's intelligence service.* Luis de Montesinos, a Spanish theologian....
    , the knight in a cave
  • Lady Ruidera
    Ruidera

    Ruidera is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 596....
     and her daughters
  • Pepito el Corcovado
  • The Tree of Creation
  • The sunken treasure from the battle of Vigo
    Battle of Vigo

    The Battle of Vigo may refer to:* Battle of Vigo Bay, which took place in 1702 as part of the War of the Spanish Successcion* Capture of Vigo, a British operation to capture the city in 1719 as part of the War of the Quadruple Alliance...
  • The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale)
    The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale)

    The Water of Life is a Catalonia fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros, in Cuentos Populars Catalans. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book....


Ancient Hispania


  • Andalusia
    Andalusia

    Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
     - Here, Hercules
    Hercules

    Hercules is the Ancient Rome name for the mythical Ancient Greece hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. Early Roman sources suggest that the imported Greek hero supplanted a mythic Italian shepherd called "Recaranus" or "Garanus", famous for his strength....
     stole the Cattle of Geryon as one of his Labours.
  • Arganthonios
    Arganthonios

    Arganthonios was the most important king of ancient Tartessos .The name Arganthonios derives from the Etruscan civilization name "arcnti". To the Cempsi "argan" meant silver....
    , king of Tartessos
    Tartessos

    Tartessos was a harbor city and its surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula , at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It was mentioned by Herodotus, Strabo in Pliny's Natural History....
  • Erytheia
  • Eurytion
    Eurytion

    In Greek mythology Eurytion . "widely-honoured", was a name attributed to six individuals.*The king of Phthia, son of either Actor , or of Ctimenus, or of Irus and Demonassa, and father of Antigone ....
  • Gadeiros the Titan (Gades, Cádiz
    Cádiz

    C?diz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of C?diz, one of eight which make up the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia....
    )
  • Gargoris
  • Geryon
    Geryon

    In Greek mythology, Geryon , son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe and grandson of Medusa was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean....
  • Heber
    Heber

    Heber may be:...
     - Iberes, Iberian
    Iberians

    The Iberians were a set of peoples that Ancient Greece and ancient Rome sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC....
  • Hercules
    Hercules

    Hercules is the Ancient Rome name for the mythical Ancient Greece hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. Early Roman sources suggest that the imported Greek hero supplanted a mythic Italian shepherd called "Recaranus" or "Garanus", famous for his strength....
     grave - Hercules is buried in Spain, myths say.
  • Hesperia
    Iberian Peninsula

    The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
  • Numantia
    Numantia

    Numantia is the name of an ancient Celtiberian settlement, whose remains are located 7 km north of the city of Soria, on a hill known as Cerro de la Muela in the municipality of Garray....
    , the symbol of heroic resistance against invaders.
  • Orthrus
    Orthrus

    In Greek mythology, Orthrus was a multi-headed animal dog and a doublet of Cerberus, both whelped by the chthonic monster Echidna by Typhon....
  • Pillars of Hercules
    Pillars of Hercules

    The "Pillars of Hercules" was the phrase that was applied in classical antiquity to the promontory that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar....
  • Tartessos
    Tartessos

    Tartessos was a harbor city and its surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula , at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It was mentioned by Herodotus, Strabo in Pliny's Natural History....
  • Titanomachy
    Titanomachy

    In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans , was the ten-year series of battles fought between the two races of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titan , fighting from Mount Othrys, or Mount Etna and the Twelve Olympians, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus ....
     - The final battle occurred in Spain.
  • Scylla
    Scylla

    Scylla , also known as Scylle , was one of the two monsters in Greek mythology that lived on either side of a narrow channel of water. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other?so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa....
     - ate Geryon's cattle


Reconquista


  • La Caba Rumía, cause of the ruin of Visigothic Spain
  • El Cid
    El Cid

    Rodrigo D?az de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador, was a Kingdom of Castile nobleman, a gifted military leader and diplomat who, after being exiled, conquered and governed the city of Valencia ....
    , Castilian knight
  • Bernardo del Carpio
    Bernardo del Carpio

    Bernardo del Carpio is a legendary hero of medieval Iberian Peninsula legend , comparable to El Cid, though with less historical evidence of his actual existence....
    , who fought Roland
    Roland

    Roland is a character in medieval literature and Renaissance literature, the chief paladin of Charlemagne and a central figure in the Matter of France....
    .
  • Battle of Covadonga
    Battle of Covadonga

    The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christianity military force in Iberian peninsula following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711....
  • Cosgaya, defeat of Moors running away from Covadonga, birthplace of Pelayo, death of Fávila.
  • Fuenteovejuna, the people against the abuses of nobility.
  • Guzmán the Good, patriotism over family
  • Moros y Cristianos
    Moros y cristianos

    Moros y Cristianos or Moros i Cristians , literally means Moors and Christians, and is a set of festival activities which are celebrated in many towns and cities of Spain, mainly in the southern Valencian Community; according to popular tradition the festivals commemorate the battles, combats and fights between Moo...
    , the fiestas celebrating the local reconquests.
  • King Pelayo of Asturias
    Pelayo of Asturias

    Pelagius was the founder of the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. He is credited with beginning the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors, insofar as he established an independent Christian state in opposition to Moorish hegemony, but there is no strong evidence that he either...
  • King Rodrigo
    Roderic

    Ruderic, Roderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick was the Visigoths King of Hispania for a brief period between 710 and 712....
  • Solomon's Table, in Toledo
  • Vargas Machuca, knight of prowess
  • Saint George
    Saint George

    Saint George of Lydda was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr.In Hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and the Eastern Catholic Churches....
    , patron saint of Aragón & Catalonia
  • Saint Lawrence
    Saint Lawrence

    Saint Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in the year 258....
  • Santiago - Saint James the Greater the Moor-Slayer, patron saint of Spain
  • Way of St. James
    Way of St. James

    The Way of St. James or St. James' Way is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the Twelve Apostles, James, son of Zebedee, are buried....


Andalusia
Andalusia

Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
n


  • Carmen
    Carmen

    Carmen is a French op?ra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal?vy, based on the Carmen by Prosper M?rim?e, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" by Pushkin....
    , the Sevillan femme fatale
    Femme fatale

    A femme fatale is an alluring and Seduction woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations....
    .
  • Don Juan
    Don Juan

    Don Juan or Don Giovanni is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra, by Tirso de Molina, is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630....
    , the lover
  • The House of Bernarda Alba, female submission in rural Spain.
  • Tales of the Alhambra
    Tales of the Alhambra

    Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, sketch story, and stories by Washington Irving.Irving lived in Spain between 1826 and 1829, collecting information in the Spanish archives for several books....
  • Figaro
    Figaro

    The term Figaro may refer to any of the following:*Figaro, the central character in the plays The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro , and The Guilty Mother by Pierre de Beaumarchais, and their operatic adaptations....
    , the meddling barber


Asturian


  • The Cuélebre
    Cuélebre

    Cu?lebre, or Culebre, is a giant winged serpent of the Asturias and Cantabria mythology, that lives in a cave, guards treasures and keeps xanas as prisoners....
     (Asturian snake-dragon)
  • Estantigua or Santa Compaña
    Santa Compaña

    The Santa Compa?a is probably one of the most deep-rooted mythologyical beliefs in rural Galicia , and also in Asturias, where it is called G?estia....
    , the procession of the dead.
  • Mouros
    Mouros

    According to Asturian mythology, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Asturias since the beginning of time....
  • Nuberu
    Nuberu

    According to Asturian mythology, the Nuberu - literally "The Cloud Master" , is the Asturias divinity of clouds and storms.Sometimes it is represented as a man with a thick beard, who wears goat leathers and a big hat....
  • The Trasgu, Asturian goblin.
  • Xana
    Xana

    The xana is a character found in Asturias mythology. Always female, she is a fairy nymph of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water....
    s    , Asturian fairy-like divinities.


Cantabria
Cantabria

Cantabria is a Spain province and autonomous community with Santander, Cantabria as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Country , on the south by Castile and Le?n , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea....
n


  • Anjana
    Anjana

    was the mother of Hanuman, one of the heroes of the Indian epic, the Ramayana. According to one version of the story, was an apsara named , who came to earth and married Kesari, a monkey chief....
    , Cantabrian fairy-like divinities.
  • Caballucos del Diablu, Devil's Little Horses.
  • Cuegle
    Cuegle

    The cuegle is a monster in Cantabrian mythology. Walking on two legs and roughly humanoid in shape, it has black skin, three arms without hands or fingers, five rows of teeth, a single stubby horn and three eyes in its head: one green, one red, and one blue....
    , wild monster.
  • Culebre
    Cuélebre

    Cu?lebre, or Culebre, is a giant winged serpent of the Asturias and Cantabria mythology, that lives in a cave, guards treasures and keeps xanas as prisoners....
    , Cantabria snake-dragon
  • Hombre pez
    Fish-man

    The fish-man or hombre pez of Lierganes belongs to the mythology of Cantabria, located in the north of Spain.The fish-man of Lierganes is an amphibian human-looking being that lives in caves next to the sea....
    , Fish-man.
  • Guajona, old witch vampire.
  • Ojáncanu, Cantabrian cyclop.
  • Ojáncana, Cantabrian feminine cyclop.
  • Nuberu
    Nuberu

    According to Asturian mythology, the Nuberu - literally "The Cloud Master" , is the Asturias divinity of clouds and storms.Sometimes it is represented as a man with a thick beard, who wears goat leathers and a big hat....
    , bad spirit of the wind.
  • Musgosu, kind wanderer.
  • Ramidreju
    Ramidreju

    A ramidreju is a creature from Spain mythology, from Cantabria, that resembles a weasel. They are born every 100 years from a weasel or a Beech Marten....
    , fantastic animal born from a weasel.
  • Mengues, malignant worms.
  • Osa de Andara, Andara's Bear.
  • Laro
    Laro

    Laro is an ethnic minority in Sudan. The population of this minority is at several 10,000. Many members of this minority are Christians. Their traditional home is the Nuba Hills. They speak Laro, a Niger-Congo language....
     and Coroccotta, Cantabri warriors.
  • Sirenuca, Little Siren.
  • El Sol de los Muertos, The Deads' Sun.
  • Trasgu
    Trasgu

    The trasgo o trasgu is a mythological creature present in the tradition of several cultures of nowadays northern Spain, specially in Asturias traditional culture....
    , Cantabrian goblin.
  • Trenti
    Trenti

    The Trenti comes from the folklore of Cantabria, Spain. It is an imp-like creature that is annoying but not malicious. It is very difficult to see because it lives deep in the forest and resembles mushrooms, leaves, and moss....
    , Cantabrian friendly goblin.
  • Tentiruju, Cantabrian goblin.
  • Trastolillu, Cantabrian domestic goblin.
  • Ventolines, good spirits of the wind.


Catalan

  • Aloja
    Aloja (mythology)

    In Catalan_language mythology, Aloja are Femininity beings that live in places with Fresh water. These "water-women" can turn into water blackbirds....
  • Catalan mythology about witches
    Catalan mythology about witches

    In Catalonia popular culture, there are a large number of Catalan myths and legends about witches . In the popular imagination, a witch is a woman who, by means of a pact with the Devil, has acquired supernatural power, which she uses for her own benefit and for evil purposes....
  • Dip
    Dip (Catalan myth)

    In Catalan myths and legends, Dip is an evil, black, hairy dog, an emissary of the Devil, who sucks people's blood. Like other figures associated with demons in Catalan myth, he is lame in one leg....
  • Dona d'aigua (water woman)
  • Donyet
  • Dragons
    European dragon

    European dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping culture of Europe. The word for dragon in Germanic mythology and its descendants is wiktionary:worm , meaning snake or serpent....
    • Drac
      Drac

      Drac can be:* The word for 'dragon' in Catalan language and other languages, from Latin DRACO. See European dragon .* The name of a dragon-like beast that, according to French folklore, terrorised the town of Beaucaire, Gard, on the River Rh?ne....
       (a dragon, generally male)
    • Víbria (specifically female)
  • Encantaria
  • Follet
  • Gambutzí
  • Goja
  • Home del sac (man of the sack)
  • Home dels nassos
    Home dels nassos

    Home dels nassos is a character in Catalan myths and legends. "Home dels nassos" is translated as "Man of the noses". The legend says that, on New Year's Eve, this man walks the streets and has as many noses on his face as there are days left in the year....
     (man of the noses)
  • Marraco
  • Martinet
    Martinet

    The martinet is a punitive device traditionally used in France and other parts of Europe. The word also has other usages . It is also a term for a type of hammer in French language, a dimunitive of marteau , "hammer"....
  • Minairó
  • Negret
    Negret

    A negret in Catalan myths and legends, especially those of Majorca, is a small, dark-skinned Sprite who, if touched with a candle by a mortal, instantly turns into a trove of coins....
  • Paitida
  • Pappu
    Pappu

    Pappu can refer to:* Kuthiravattam pappu, a popular malayalam cinema comedian* Pappu yadav, a Bihar based politician* Pappu Sain, renowned Pakistani dhol musician...
  • Pesanta
    Pesanta

    In Catalan people legend and popular culture, the Pesanta is an enormous dog that goes into people's houses in the night and puts itself on their chests making it difficult for them to breathe and causing them the most horrible nightmares....
  • Peix Nicolau
  • Tió de Nadal
    Tió de Nadal

    The Ti? de Nadal , also known as "Ti?" or "Tronca" and popularly called "Caga ti?" , is a character in Catalan myths and legends relating to a Christmas tradition widespread in Catalonia....
  • The Three Wise Men or Tres Reis Mags d'Orient
    • Page Gregory
    • Page Fumera
  • Vella Quaresma


Galician


  • Bile (Belenus
    Belenus

    In Celtic mythology, Belenus was a deity worshipped in Gaul, Ancient Britain and Celtic areas of Austria and Spain. He had shrines from Aquileia on the Adriatic to Kirkby Lonsdale in England....
    ), Celtic god and son of Breogan
  • Breogán
    Breogán

    Breog?n, son of Brath, is a mythical Celtic king from Galicia . Multiple accounts exist about him, but he is seen as the mythological father of the Galician nation....
    , Irish hero and king of Galicia
  • Estantigua or Santa Compaña
    Santa Compaña

    The Santa Compa?a is probably one of the most deep-rooted mythologyical beliefs in rural Galicia , and also in Asturias, where it is called G?estia....
    , the procession of the dead.
  • Míl Espáine
    Míl Espáine

    In Irish mythology M?l Esp?ine is the ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of M?l" or Milesians , who represent the Goidelic Celts....
     - Milesians
    Milesians (Irish)

    Milesians are a people figuring in Irish mythology. The descendants of M?l Esp?ine, they were the final inhabitants of Ireland, and were believed to represent the Goidelic Celts....
  • Saint James's Way and its legends and miracles
  • Stone of Destiny
    Stone of Destiny

    Stone of Destiny may refer to:*Stone of Scone, formerly the coronation stone of the monarchs of Scotland**Stone of Destiny , a 2008 film directed by Charles Martin Smith...


Basque
Basque mythology

The mythology of the ancient Basque people largely did not survive the, albeit late, arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD....

  • Akelarre, the meeting place for the sabbath
    Sabbath (witchcraft)

    The Witches' Sabbath or Sabbat is a supposed meeting of those who practice witchcraft, Satanism, or other rites.European records tell of innumerable cases of persons being accused or tried for taking part in Sabbat gatherings, from the Middle Ages to the 17th century or later....
  • Ama Lur
    Ama Lur

    Ama Lur means Mother Earth in the Basque language. It is not clear whether it is a modern creation, based on some genuine legends, or an actual ancient belief. If it is ancient, it would probably be an alternative denomination for Mari ....
  • Basajaun
    Basajaun

    In Basque mythology, the basajaun were an ancient human race of stout, hairy wild men who were megalith builders. Basajaun means ?Lord of the Woods?....
    , the Basque Wild Man
    Wild man

    The wild man is a character presented in masks and dances of First Nations in coastal British Columbia. A wild man mask usually shows a stylized human face with an exceptionally wide grimace or smile, and with a protruding tongue....
  • Eki
    Eki

    Eki are the names of the Sun in the Basque language. In Basque mythology, Eki or Eguzki is seen as daughter of Mother Earth to whom she returns daily....
  • El vasco de la carretilla, pilgrim in Argentina.
  • The Guernica Tree, symbol of the Basque freedoms
  • Gaueko
    Gaueko

    In Basque mythology, Gaueko is a great black wolfhound that sometimes walks upright. He eats shepherds and their herds. He is called the ?Lord of the Black Magic?....
  • House of Haro
  • Ilargi
    Ilargi

    Ilargi, Ile or Ilazki is the name of the Moon in Basque language. In Basque mythology, she is the daughter of Mother Earth, to whom it returns daily....
  • Jaun Zuria
    Jaun Zuria

    Jaun Zuria is the mythical first Lord of Biscay. According to the legend, he was born from a Scotland princess that had been visited by god Sugaar in the village of Mundaka....
    , first Lord of Biscay
    Lord of Biscay

    Lord of Biscay is a historical title of the head of state of the autonomous territory of Biscay, Basque Country ....
  • Jentilak, Basque Giants.
  • Lurbira
    Lurbira

    Lurbira was the goddess of the earth in the religion of the ancient Basque people. She was the mother of Ekhi and Ilazki....
    , goddess of the earth
  • The Malato Tree, limit of the Basque armies
  • Mari (goddess)
    Mari (goddess)

    Mari, Mari Urraca, Anbotoko Mari and the possibly distinct Murumendiko Dama was a goddess — a Lamia — of the Basque people....
  • Saint Michael of Aralar
    Aralar

    Aralar may refer to:*Aralar Range, a mountain range*Aralar Party, a political party...
  • Odei
    Odei

    Odei / Hodei. In Basque mythology, Odei is a genie of thunder and the personification of storm clouds....
  • Olentzero
    Olentzero

    Olentzero is a Basque people Christmas in the basque country. According to Basque traditions Olentzero comes to town late at night on the 24 December to drop off presents for children....
    , Basque Christmas giant
  • The battle of Roncesvalles
  • Sorginak
    Sorginak

    Sorginak are the assistants of the goddess Mari in Basque mythology. It is also the Basque name for witches or pagan priestesses , being difficult to discern between the mythological and real ones....
  • San Martin Txiki
    San Martin Txiki

    San Martin Txiki is the Trickster figure from Basque mythology."Txiki" means "little" in an affectionate sense. San Martin is often called simply "Martintxiki" or "Samartitxiki"....
    , the Basque trickster
    Trickster

    In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spiritual being, man, woman, or anthropomorphism animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behavior....
  • Sugaar
    Sugaar

    In Basque mythology, Sugaar is the male half of a pre-Christian Basque people deity associated with storms and thunder. He is normally imagined as dragon or Serpent ....
    , serpent god of storms and consort of Mari
  • The Souriquois, Basque Amerindians
  • Tartalo
    Tartalo

    In Basque mythology, Tartalo is an enormously strong one-eyed giant very similar to the Greco-Roman Cyclops. It is speculated that the name may derive from the Greek underworld Tartaros....
    , (also called Tartaro or Bebrices) Basque cyclops


External links

  • Cantabria joven mitologia (in Spanish)