Mouros
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According to Galician mythology
and Asturian mythology
, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Galicia and Asturias
since the beginning of time. For unknown reasons they were forced to take refuge under the earth, and now they are usually seen by people in the surroundings of castros
and long barrows. The Mouros work with gold, silver and gem stones with which they make up enormous treasures that are protected by cuélebre
s.
The Mouros do not usually go out of their dwellings, except for taking food, and also in special dates like Midsummer
.
Galician anthropologists had formed the theory that the Mouros are the oppossite character of traditional galician peasant.
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and Asturian mythology
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Galicia and Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
since the beginning of time. For unknown reasons they were forced to take refuge under the earth, and now they are usually seen by people in the surroundings of castros
Castro culture
Castro culture is the archaeological term for naming the Celtic archaeological culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed in local Roman culture...
and long barrows. The Mouros work with gold, silver and gem stones with which they make up enormous treasures that are protected by cuélebre
Cuélebre
Cuélebre, or Culebre, is a giant winged serpent-dragon of the Asturian and Cantabrian mythology, that lives in a cave, guards treasures and keeps xanas as prisoners. Although they are immortal, they grow old as the time goes by and their scales become thick and impenetrable, and flag wings grow in...
s.
The Mouros do not usually go out of their dwellings, except for taking food, and also in special dates like Midsummer
Midsummer
Midsummer may simply refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, but more often refers to specific European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice, or that take place on a day between June 21 and June 24, and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different...
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Galician anthropologists had formed the theory that the Mouros are the oppossite character of traditional galician peasant.