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.

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

Galician mythical beings

Some Galician mythical beings are:

Individuals belonging to "mythical races"

Entities that personify some quality or human condition

Mythological people

Humans with supernatural powers

Demons, angels, and saints

Magical plants and creatures

Gallery

See also

• Hermitage of Our Lady of Lanzadagl
• Thunderstone
• Irish mythology
• Asturian mythology
• Tarasque

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

External links

• Galicia encantada