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
[[Category:Spanish mythology]]
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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
[[Category: Philippine mythology]]
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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
[[Category: Caribbean mythology]]
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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
[[Category: Irish mythology]]
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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
[[Category: Philippine mythology]]
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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
[[Category: Spanish mythology]]
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Spanish missionaries were feared as Pishtacos by the Andean aboriginals, who believ
[[Category: South American mythology]]
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...gend of the Cuco began to be spread to Latin America by the Portuguese and Spanish colonizers.
[[Category:European mythology]]
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[[Category: South American and Mesoamerican mythology]]
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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
[[Category:Caribbean mythology]]
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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.
[[Category:Philippine mythology]]
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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
[[Category:Asian mythology]]
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...appears in many later works as well, including stories written in French, Spanish, and Italian.
[[Category:Arthurian mythology]]
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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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...ucts.html Book: "Pink dolphin, friend of the river"] (Web Site - English & Spanish)
[[Category:Amazonian mythology]]
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...ttled, and so he may be their Nis or Kobold; or, as he is so very like the Spanish Duende, he may be that being introduced by the Aragonese, who seem to have
''THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY'' BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY (1850)
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...f Mesoamerica for close to 2,000 years, from the Pre-Classic era until the Spanish conquest.
...etzalcoatl's return. Most documents expounding this theory are of entirely Spanish origin, such as Cortés's letters to Charles V of Spain, in which Cortés g
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Some stories say that La Llorona was a criolla (one of unmixed Spanish descent) who was the wife of a wealthy Spaniard. In one of his trips, she f
...e La Malinche to acts of vengeance. In this context, the tale compares the Spanish invasion of Mexico and the demise of indigenous culture after the conquest
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...ell as in a novel by Alexandre Dumas, see below), and Juan Espera en Dios (Spanish: "John [who] waits for God"). There also exists a Jewish family line with t
...m, probably because derived from the French, has followed the Romance. The Spanish name is ''Juan Espera en Dios'', "John [who] waits for God", or, more commo
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'''Centaurs''' are human-horse hybrids in Greek mythology and the followers of the wine god Dionysus.
...have traced the Greek centaur origins back to the Gandharvas who in Vedic mythology drove the horses from the Sun but it is now accepted that they were a primi
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...guages. A contemporary example of this would be God in English and Dios in Spanish.
[[Category: Biblical mythology]]
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...ar image shown here as a "Sabbatic Goat" shows parallels with works by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, who more than once painted a "Witch's Sabbath"; in t
...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w
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...Asilos Magdalena" song's lyrics, though he's called estrella de la mañana (Spanish for morning star) which is the meaning of Lucifer.
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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...he hectocotylus used for reproduction in many other cephalopods. A team of Spanish scientists at the Institute of Marine Research in Vigo developed a new theo
...female, is a bit too much to ask, and one of the two males stranded on the Spanish coast had accidentally injected himself with sperm packages in the legs and
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In [[Category:Greek mythology]] the '''Sirens''' or '''Seirenes''' were [[Naiad]] (sea [[nymph]]s) approa
In some languages (such as Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese) the word for mermaid is ''Siren'',
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Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, <br>
[[Category: English mythology]]
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...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp
...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.
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:*In Native American Cherokee mythology there is an evil witch known as the [[Raven Mocker]] that takes the form of
* Nos Miran (Spanish Language Film)
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*In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.
A similar dog, '"Garm'", is guarding the house of deaths in the Norse mythology. These monsters were all probably inspired from the dogs that haunted the b
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'''Asmodai''' or '''Asmodeus''' is a demon in Jewish mythology.
...smodée (French), Asmodee, Asmodei, Ashmodei, Ashmodai, Asmodeios, Asmodeo (Spanish and Italian, from a Latin declination), Asmodeu (Portuguese), Asmodeius, As
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In Irish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural caill
*The Cailleach Bheara is thought to have originally been a Spanish princess named Beara. It was prophesied that she would go to the River Eibh
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Tiniente (Filipinized Spanish for Lieutenant) Gimo was a person of some note in his town of Dueñas in Il
[[Category:Philippine mythology]]
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...]] or supernatural being that is found in the legends, [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] of many different cultures. They are generally humanoid in their appearan
...n word gave modern Italian's ''fata'', Catalan and Portuguese ''fada'' and Spanish ''hada,'' all of which mean ''fairy''. The Old French ''fée,'' had the mea
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...and edited the '''''Book of Imaginary Beings''''' in 1957 as the original Spanish ''Manual de zoología fantástica'', or ''Handbook of Fantastic Zoology'',
...] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
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