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Catalan mythology about witches - Catalan tradition distinguished between bruixeria ("witchcraft") based on an explicit compact with the Devil, and fetilleria (deriving from a word related to "fetish", and Old Portuguese feitiço), magic worked through charms and fetishes. The former was considered inherently evil, while the latter might ...
Pages in category "Catalan mythology" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Catalan myths and legends; Cocollona; Comte Arnau; Conde ...
Pages in category "Catalan legendary creatures" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Dip (Catalan myth) L. La Guita Xica; M. Marraco;
In Catalan mythology an aloja (Catalan pronunciation: [əˈlɔʒə]; plural aloges), also known as dona d'aigua, goja or paitida, is a feminine being that lives in places with fresh water. [1] These "water-women" are said to be able to turn into water blackbirds.
They include Galician mythology, Asturian mythology , Cantabrian mythology, Catalan mythology, Lusitanian mythology and Basque mythology. They also include the myths and religions of the Celts , Celtiberians , Iberians , Milesians , Carthaginians , Suebi , Visigoths , Spaniards and Roman and Greek mythology .
In Catalan mythology, Comte Arnau (Count Arnau) is a legendary nobleman from Ripollès who, for his rapacious cruelty and lechery, is condemned to ride an undead horse for eternity while his flesh is devoured by flames. He is the subject of a classic traditional Catalan ballad. The legend has its origins in a popular song of the sixteenth century.
List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia
Dragons are well known in Catalan myths and legends, in no small part because St. George (Catalan Sant Jordi) is the patron saint of Catalonia. Like most mythical reptiles, the Catalan dragon (Catalan drac) is an enormous serpent-like creature with four legs and a pair of wings, or rarely, a two-legged creature with a pair of wings, called a ...