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"Head of a Soldier" (1917) by Hungarian painter István Nagy (1873–1937). Nagy travelled to the Transylvanian, Galician and Italian fronts and painted several portraits of Austro-Hungarian soldiers.

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2023-03-03

DJ Madame B reported our weekly to . Finnish Violinist/Composer hit Galician Folk took roots/beats to Swedish Sami Singer was https://t.co/X5iv6rLbwZ

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2023-02-26



"Noite ritual" ('Ritual night'), by Galician artist Urbano Lugrís (1908-1973).

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2023-01-29

TRACKER’s kaiju attacking ships sequence!!!

I really like how this sequence works!

Gimme your impressions 👇🏼
Who read this series?

I’d love to have it published in English (still don’t. Dutch, German, Polish, french, Spanish, Galician… maybe some more BUT not English! 🥺

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2023-01-06

Although their real existence is not proven, it is said that, on stormy nights, the Galician RAQUEIROS (from English wrecker) tied torches to the horns of cows and released them on the cliffs, to confuse the ships that sailed near the coast and cause their wreck.

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2022-11-18

In some tales by Galician writer Álvaro Cunqueiro, the souls of the deceased turn into ravens and they even retain some characteristics that they had whey they were human (for example, a lame human will be a lame raven).

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2022-11-15

Hi! I'm Dara, a Galician artist who likes to draw people and someone who expends a lot of time watching TV shows.. (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

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2022-11-08

In Galician lore, the "meiga chuchona"(sucker witch) enters houses every night to suck the blood of children, so that they become weaker and weaker. And the "chuchasangues" (blood sucker) hides in dark alleys in winter to kidnap children and suck their blood.

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2022-10-18

Galician "lavandeira" (washerwoman) is a hag who appears at night washing bloodstained clothes in a stream. She asks you to help her to twist her laundry. You must do it just the opposite way to her, and she will dissipate. Otherwise, you will suffer misfortune.

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2022-10-04

In Galician folklore, Pedro Chosco is an old man with a half-closed eye. He puts children to sleep with gentle caresses, although it prefers to seduce girls (especially maids)....

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2022-09-27

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After the recent inclusion of Latin American Spanish audio, the trailer for the upcoming Netflix series recieved Basque, Catalan and Galician audio tracks, making it the 5th original to get regional Spanish dubs.

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2022-09-23

Curiously, I put a moon on her shoulder, which was a coincidence because months later, Lúa came into my life (she is also a border collie mix) whose name means “moon” in Galician. In addition, her beans are very similar to the ones I put on Stella🐾

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2022-09-19

In Galician folklore, a "moura" (fairy woman) often appear in the form of a terrible serpent. The boy who wants to disenchant her must be able to give her three kisses on the forehead or take with her own teeth the carnation the serpent has in her mouth.

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2022-09-14

In some Galician tales, a man must take 3 cheeses to a fountain to disenchant 3 sisters who live there. But his wife eats a piece of cheese, so when the "mouras" appear, mounted on their white horses, one of them is lame, so the disenchantment cannot take place.

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2022-08-22

According to a Galician medieval chronicle, a lord entered the Cova da Coruxa ('the owl's cave') with his soldiers. They saw a wide river, and handsome people singing and dancing on the other side. Both the lord and his companions died over the next year...

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2022-07-22

Today's research progress:
🔥continued on the history of early heretic women and it's INFURIATING;
🌊turned to Tolkien for his translation of the underwater battle: I'm going to need that;
🪶started looking for some good book on Galician folklore (help appreciated).

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2022-07-11

Today's writing progress:
🧜‍♀️I finally have a mermaid, except she's probably a wolf and doesn't like anybody;
🃏my main character cheated with a bit of help from a friend;
🎶the Galician troubadour is beginning to be fairly important, and I don't think anyone will mind.

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2022-07-06

Sometimes, the Mouros (inhabitants of the underworld in Galician folklore) need help from human doctors, midwives or nurses. The Mouros let them access their world, but if they reveal the secret, they will be punished losing an eye, losing their speech...

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2022-06-25


Inspired by the statues of Gallaecian warriors and objects found in Galician and Portuguese artist Miguel Torre has recreated the appearance of a "corono" (chieftain) from Southern during the Iron Age.

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2022-05-04

Fuecoco:

"...the Coco, or Cucuy, originated in northern Portugal and Galicia. The word coco derives from the Galician and Portuguese côco, which means coconut."

"The word coco also means skull."

"In Brazil, the Coco appears as a humanoid female alligator called Cuca."

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2022-04-26