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Portuguese mythology (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Portuguese folklore" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect ...
Portuguese legends (10 P) P. Portuguese legendary creatures (7 P) Pages in category "Portuguese mythology"
Lusitanian mythology is the mythology of the Lusitanians, an Indo-European speaking people of western Iberia, in what was then known as Lusitania. In present times, the territory comprises the central part of Portugal and small parts of Extremadura and Salamanca .
The words cocuruto in Portuguese and cocorota in Spanish both means "the crown of the head" or "the highest place" [5] and with the same etymology in Galicia, crouca means "head", [6] from proto-Celtic *krowkā-, [7] with variant cróca; [8] and either coco or cuca means "head" in both Portuguese and Galician. [9]
The trasgo, trasno or trasgu is a mythological creature present in the tradition of several cultures of what is now northern Spain, especially in Galician, Asturian and Cantabrian traditional culture, it is also found in legends of North Portugal.
These are the 14 most badass mythical creatures, including Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, and more. ... The legend of Bigfoot comes from Native American mythology and ...
The Enchanted moura or moura encantada (enchanted female Mouros) is a supernatural being from the fairy tales of Portuguese and Galician [1] folklore. Very beautiful and seductive, she lives under an imposed occult spell. Shapeshifters, the mouras encantadas occupy liminal spaces and are builders with stone of formidable strength.