This document summarizes the Asturian myth of the cuélebre. The cuélebre is a winged serpent that guards treasures and attacks people and animals. It has a dragon-like body covered in hard scales, a poisonous breath, and wings. According to the myth, cuélebres live in forests and caves until they grow old, at which point they fly to the sea and plunge to the bottom, where they spend their remaining days guarding underwater riches. The myth inspired a popular song in Asturian folklore.

1. Asturian legend / myth
by Sergio Noval Lagranda 2º C

2. • What is mythology?
• Its origin
• Description
• Its end
• Popular song
• Bibliography

3. What is MYthOLOGY?
 Set of stories related to religion or
ancient cultures.
 They are stories created to tell things
that have no explanation.
 It talks about fantastic and mysterious
characters.

5. - They can grow from the hair of a
young girl thrown to a fountain
- They are male snakes, which do not
stop growing and when they reach
a certain age they come out wings
(there are two versions)

6. It is a winged serpent that
guards treasures and
enchanted characters.
It attacks and devours people and animals, and its scales are so
hard that they reject the bullets.
His breath is fetid and poisonous and his whistles are heard at
great distance.

7.  It has a dragon shape and looks like a snake.
 For his mouth spits sulfur and fire.
 It has the body covered with scales and has
wings.
 He lives in the woods and watches treasures
hidden in caves.
 Its weak point is the throat, because it has no
scales.

8. Then they abandon their lair for ever, they
go up the flight and advance on the land
towards the sea.
(some say that they do not die)
They are very long-lived and there comes
a time when they feel old and tired.
End of the cuélebres
To reach the infinite blue they plunge, dipping into the water, descending
more and more into the depths, until arriving at a city full of treasures in
which they will spend the rest of their days.
It is said that at the bottom of this sea there are lots of riches, but men can
not take them because the cuélebres watch them.

9. The singer and composer Asturian Victor ManuelVictor Manuel made
a song about the cuélebres

10. Ramón Sordo Sotres, Mitología de Asturias y Cantabria. Entre los
ríos Sella y Nansa, R. Sordo Sotres, Llanes, 1991, pp. 59-70.
Alberto Álvarez Peña, Mitología Asturiana, Pico Urriellu, Gijón, 2001,
pp.27-40.
Miguel Arrieta Gallastegui, Asturias legendaria, Trea, Gijón, 2004,
pp. 45-57.
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