Beira Atlánticaさんのイラストまとめ

O santo que escolleu foi San Colmcille, antigo patrón da Irlanda e personaxe de fondo significado na tradición relixiosa e cultural da illa, que aínda no pasado 2021 festexou os 1500 anos do seu nacemento.

#FaustianFriday According to Strabo's "Geographia" (1st century BC), ancient Galicians and Lusitanians performed divinatory practices examining the viscera of the animals they sacrificed, as well as those of the prisoners (whose right hand they cut off).
(Artwork by Manel Cráneo)

#MythologyMonday
The Old Woman, tired of arguing with her husband, expelled him from home, warning him NOT to look back. But he disobeyed and could see huge birds throwing stones, one of which killed him. The #Miño river was born from his blood; the stones formed Irimia's scree.

#FolkloreThursday Celsia, a Roman governor's wife, is said to have had 9 daughters after drinking from a magical spring in #Baiona (#Galicia). Since the girls were Christians, they were martyred.
One of them, Santa Liberata or Santa Librada, is venerated for favoring childbirth.

#FairyTaleTuesday

"A Vella" ( = 'the Old Woman') holding the standing stone called "Pena Molexa" (#Galicia) with her finger, as local folklore claims.

🖌️ Artwork by Carlos Afonzo.

The "pagaíños" ('little pagans') live in Northern #Galicia mountains. They are small, unkempt, long-haired beings that dwell underground. They do not like to interact with humans, although they can be seen dancing (with great dexterity) on top of certain rocks.
🎨 Arthur Rackham.

#MythologyMonday In some Galician folktales, a man must bring 3 loaves to a well to disenchant 3 maidens. But his wife starts one of the loaves, so when the man goes to the well, the maidens appear on the back of 3 horses... but 1 of them is lame and the spell cannot be broken 🤷🏼‍♂️

#FolkloreThursday According to anthropologist Calros Solla, XAN FIZ is a tall, thin and bearded man who became rich in distant lands thanks to the "Pedra de Gilardillo" and returns every Christmas to #Galicia, where people give him a place at the table at Christmas Eve dinner.

#Merlin a desaparecer (para sempre?) na noite dos tempos.

"Les compagnons du crépuscule" (François Bourgeon)

@OFeioDaMonteira

#SuperstitionSat According to Roman historian Justinus, there
was a sacred mountain in Galicia on which extracting gold with iron instruments was forbidden. But when ⚡ cracked the slopes, exposing the ore vein, gold could be caught, since it was considered a present of the gods.