Ramidrejus are a very wanted animal in Spanish folklore because its fur heals every sickness and the animal has a big desi
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Lechuza is the spanish word for ''Owl''.
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The '''Tarasca''' is a mythical Spanish [[dragon]].
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...ept of the tricky Taotao Mona were created by the Chamorros in response to Spanish subjugation.
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...m ''Waay'' in Yucatec Maya, meaning sorcerer or spirit, while ''Chivo'' is Spanish for goat, literally meaning Witch-Goat.
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In Basque mythology, '''Mairu''' (pl: mairuak) or '''intxisu'''(ak), refer to giants who built
...the Mairu is thought to be as old as the "mouros encantados" in Portugal (Spanish: moros encantados), who are thought to be the remnant of old pre-Roman deit
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The Peuchen can be found in Mapuche and Chilota mythology.
* (Spanish)Martinez Vilches, Oscar (1992). ''Chiloe Misterioso: Turismo, Mitologia Chi
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...''hombre pez of Lierganes''' is an amphibian human-looking creature in the mythology of Cantabria (Northerne Spain)
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In Aztec mythology, '''Mictecacihuatl''' is the Queen of Mictlan, the underworld, ruling over
...Aztec traditions into the modern ''Day of the Dead'' after synthesis with Spanish cultural traditions. She is said now to preside over the contemporary festi
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Since horses only arrived in the Philippine archipelago during the Spanish colonization (thus, the borrowed term 'kabayo'), there is a theory that the
...kbalang is getting married''.) This was most likely derived from a similar Spanish proverb that claimed a witch was getting married when there was rain on a s
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In Philippine mythology, the '''multo''' is the soul of a dead person that has returned to the mort
''Multo'', the Tagalog word for ghost, comes from the Spanish word ''muerto'', which means death. The Tagalog word for being visited by a
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The '''Caleuche''' is a mythical ghost ship of the Chilote mythology and local folklore of the Chiloé Island, in Chile.
...enas , Antonio. ''El Triángulo del Pacífico''. Imprenta ARCA. 1996. 74 p. (Spanish)
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The '''Pillan''' is a male nature spirit in Mapuche mythology.
...rm of of Mapudungun origin; singular ''pillán'' and plural ''pillanes'' in Spanish.
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The '''Pincoy''' is a water spirit of the seas in the chilote mythology of Chiloé, Chile.
...ros agoreros, ceremonias mágicas de la provincia de Chiloé.'' s.n., 1987. (spanish)
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...t that the Maya’s belief of aluxob developed through interactions with the Spanish or pirates during the 16th century. Pirates of that era were often from the
...e Fomento Educativo; Programa para Abatir el Rezago en Educación Básica. (Spanish)
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...de los de los nombres indígenas de Chile''. Imprenta San Francisco, 1944. (Spanish).
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The '''Anchimayen''' is a mythical creature of the Mapuche mythology.
From mapudungun and Spanish ''Anchimallén'' or ''Anchimalguén''.
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In [[Aztec mythology|Aztec]] and [[Toltec mythology|Toltec]] mythology, '''Xolotl''' ("The Animal", Lord of the Evening Star, Lord of the [[Underw
...ame of the Mexican Hairless Dog (also known as ''Perro Pelón Mexicano'' in Spanish), a canine species endemic to Central America dating back to Pre-Colombian
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The '''Camahueto''' is a fabulous creature in the mythology of Chiloé (Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile).
* Martinez Vilches, Oscar, ''Chiloe Misterioso'' (in Spanish). Pub. Ediciones de la Voz de Chiloe (circa 1998)
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...lso known under the names of '''Estadea''', '''Estantiga''' (estantigua in Spanish, from Latin hostes antiquus, confounding the meaning of "ancient enemy", a
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The Pincoya is the daughter of Millalobo (king of sea, in chilote mythology) and the human Huenchula. The sister is the ''[[Sirena chilota]]'' (a type
* Martinez Vilches, Oscar, ''Chiloe Misterioso'' (in Spanish). Pub. Ediciones de la Voz de Chiloe (circa 1998)
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...the Moors. Some historians speculate that the legend was propagated by the Spanish to prevent Filipinos from assisting any escaped African slaves.
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...ve diverged from the lines. However, the sightings were reported since the Spanish era (16th-19th centuries) when there was no generators or cables . Santelmo
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In Maya mythology, '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''') was the God o
...owl's screeches signify imminent death, as the following saying, in local Spanish, indicates:
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...he mountains of Bahoruco. An African slave and some Indians ran from their Spanish enslavers. They transformed into wild beings after a time and became legend
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...sitara´, Pashto storai, Latin and Italian stella and astro, French astre, Spanish astro, German stern, English star, etc. However, the name is not believed t
*Armenian Mythology from the Tour Armenia
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In Mayan mythology and folklore, the '''Wayob''' or '''Wayob'''' (plural form - the singular i
...passed into modern folklore in the Yucatán Peninsula, as huayes in Mexican Spanish, evil spirits or shape-changing sorcerers that prey upon.
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...of the coco originated in Portugal and Galicia. During the Portuguese and Spanish colonization of Latin America, the legend of the Cuco was spread to countri
...used in coloquial speech to mean the human head or skull in Portuguese and Spanish. The name coco could have its origins in the old Celtic word *kokk– meani
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The '''Chonchon''' is a mythical bird of the Mapuche mythology, also present in the Chilean and southern Argentinan folkore.
* Constantino Contreras 2000 (in Spanish). Unidad temática y variedad textual: un tópico social en tres relatos or
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...and the Kirwans always leave out kegs of wine for him at night of the best Spanish wine. And in return, it is said, the wine vaults at Castle Hacket are never
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...uho' for warlocks) and ''bruja'' ('bruha' for witches ), that are from the Spanish language. The verb ''kulamin'' means ''to place a hex''. And a curse in Fil
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In Basque mythology, '''Sugaar''' (other names: '''Sugar, Sugoi, Maju''') is the male half of a
...reference to the traditional 'Maypole' of fertility celebrations,called in spanish the "Mayu"(Maypole).Maya and Mayo( "Macho"?) being her spring time consort.
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In Asturian mythology, the '''xana''' is a fairy nymph of extraordinary beauty believed to live i
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Spanish missionaries were feared as Pishtacos by the Andean aboriginals, who believ
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...gend of the Cuco began to be spread to Latin America by the Portuguese and Spanish colonizers.
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...molest animals of all kinds, and indeed in Trinidad and especially on the Spanish Main the horses suffer greatly from the attacks of large vampire bats. It i
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The '''Pombéro''' is an goblin-like creature from Guaraní mythology.
...octurnal creature. In some parts of Argentina he is known primarily by the Spanish translation of his name, "Dueño del Sol".
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''Engkanto'' comes from the Spanish word ''encantar'' or to enchant.
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In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) w
...mermaids (half woman, half fish). The fact that in some languages (such as Spanish, French, Italian, Polish or Portuguese) the word for mermaid is Siren, Sire
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...Louis Borges, Translated by Andrew Hurley, © 2005 Viking Penguin (original Spanish © 1967 by Editorial Kier, S.A., Buenos Aires under title "El libro de los
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...appears in many later works as well, including stories written in French, Spanish, and Italian.
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...es, while in other accounts it has only one, like the [[Cyclops]] of Greek mythology. Some tell of a gaping, stinking mouth in the monster’s belly through whi
...nt on a three week rampage. Over one hundred heads of yellow cattle of old Spanish origin were killed, all the way to Ponta Branca, located 150 miles south of
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...ip expedition in 1519. Pigafetta`s diary was published in Italian, French, Spanish, and later into English. It influenced the writings of Shakespeare, Baudela
...ch were fourteen spans long. Three of our men, who were later taken by the Spanish on the coast of Brazil, assured me that one day on the other side of the co
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...having children) exists as the "Bag Man" (Portuguese: "''homem do saco''"; Spanish "''hombre de la bolsa''" or "''del saco''", also "''hombre del costal''").
...years, but still retaining its original meaning. The term is also used in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.
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