This document contains summaries of several mythical creatures from Cantabrian folklore in northern Spain:
1. Anjanas are described as delicate, winged beings that help animals and lost people in the forest.
2. A story is told of a boy from Lierganes who discovered he could breathe underwater and explore the Bay of Santander, later being found by fishermen with a human head and fish scales.
3. The Ojancano is a large, hairy ogre-like creature that lives in the mountains and wields a magic cane that can transform into animals.
4. The Sirenuca was cursed by her mother and turned into a woman with a fish tail
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The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
THE FIRST CHILDREN who saw the dark and slinky bulge
approaching through the sea let themselves think it was an enemy
ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was
a whale. But when it washed up on the beach, they removed the
clumps of seaweed, the jellyfish tentacles, and the remains of fish
and flotsam, and only then did they see that it was a drowned man.
They had been playing with him all afternoon, burying him in the
sand and digging him up again, when someone chanced to see them
and spread the alarm in the village. The men who carried him to the
nearest house noticed that he weighed more than any dead man they
had ever known, almost as much as a horse, and they said to each
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into his bones. When they laid him on the floor they said he'd been
taller than all other men because there was barely enough room for
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was covered with a crust of mud and scales.
They did not even have to clean off his face to know that the dead
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caused among them had to be thrown off the cliffs. But the sea was
calm and bountiful and all the men fitted into seven boats. So when
they found the drowned man they simply had to look at one another
to see that they were all there.
That night they did not go out to work at sea. While the men went to
find out if anyone was missing in neighboring villages, the women
stayed behind to care for the drowned man. They took the mud off
with grass swabs, they removed the underwater stones entangled in
his hair, and they scraped the crust off with tools used for scaling
fish. As they were doing that they noticed that the vegetation on him
came from faraway oceans and deep water and that his clothes were
in tatters, as if he had sailed through labyrinths of coral. They
noticed too that he bore his death with pride, for he did not have the
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they finished cleaning him off did they become aware of the kind of
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The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
THE FIRST CHILDREN who saw the dark and slinky bulge approaching through the sea let themselves think it was an enemy ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was a whale. But when it washed up on the beach, they removed the clumps of seaweed, the jellyfish tentacles, and the remains of fish and flotsam, and only then did they see that it was a drowned man.
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1. Colegio San Juan Bautista
Comenius Project
2011-2013
Mythology from Cantabria
2.
3. Anjanas are beautiful and
delicate, half a foot tall,
with white skin and a
sweet voice. Some are like
a nightingale when they
are happy, and others like
a beetle stepping on
leaves in autumn.
Their eyes are serene and
loving, with black or blue
pupils as bright as the
stars, and they have
nearly transparent wings.
4. They wear long, black or
golden braids, adorned
with multicoloured silk
bows and ribbons; a
beautiful crown of wild
flowers on their head;
and a blue cape on a
long thin white tunic.
They carry in their hands
a stick of wicker or
hawthorn which shines in
a different colour every
day of the week.
5. They are seen walking
through the forest trails,
resting on the banks of
springs and on the margins
of streams which then
seem to come alive.
They are able to talk with
the water that flows from
the fountains and springs.
6. They help injured animals
and trees damaged by
storms or the Ojáncana,
lovers, people who lose their
way in the forest, and the
poor and suffering.
Whenever they wander in
villages, they leave gifts at
the doors of helpful and kind
people. When summoned
for help they accept if the
summoner is good of heart,
but they also punish the
wicked.
7.
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10. For many, many years, lived in
Lierganes a very fond of water
boy because he loved to dive into
the waters of the Miera River.
Many hours spent this kid in the
water, so one day he realised
that he didn't need to stay afloat
again for being able to breathe
and encouraged for this
discovery, he continued diving
and diving until he suddenly
found himself in the Bay of
Santander.
He was so impressed by the
spectacle of his eyes that he
continued exploring that new
ground in front of him, sure that
nobody, until that moment, had
seen what he saw.
11. Years later, and without his
family missing him and
thinking he had drowned in
the Bay of Cadiz, fishermen
found a marine species
completely unknown for
them. The animal that arose
from the water had man's
head and a white body
covered with scales.
They took him to a convent
of Friars where they couldn’t
get any information, because
the Fish-man did not speak;
just one day they heard him
say: “Liérganes”, and a
monk fell sorry for him and
led him to his house. But he
was just for a while in it,
because he missed the sea,
which had hosted him so
well, so he returned to the
sea and he was never seen
again.
12. These creatures, unruly,
greedy and female rifle
beehives and enter
homes to steal food.
Then they stuff with
water from rivers.
They go naked and they
all have a huge breast
that rests on their right
shoulder.
The priest of San
Pantaleón decided to
eliminate them by
ordering to set fire to the
caves where they lived;
but shortly after, they
returned, ready to burn
the houses of the
neighbourhood starting
with the Priest’s.
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15.
16. Nobody has heard him
ever, but in the mountains
of Cantabria everyone
respects and knows him.
Many shepherds owe him
their lives. The Mossy
lives only to do well in the
forest, to warn of the
dangers of nature, the
Ojancano and other evil
beings.
It is a tall and thin man
with a pale face, small,
sunken eyes and a very
long black beard. He
wears a dry moss jacket
and wolf skin sandals and
he always carries a
wooden flute in his
haversack.
17. He is always walking, very
slowly, as if he was tired, but
he never stops.
He sometimes plays the flute
and, while walking, he plays
sweet and, at the same time,
sad melodies that are
unmistakable, but never at
night, because at night he
whistles. The sound of his
flute makes the shepherds to
protect from the oncoming
storm, guarding their flocks
and seeking refuge.
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19.
20. The Ojancano personifies
evil for the Highlanders. It
is the most unpleasant
and evil of the mythology
of Cantabria characters.
It is an enormous ogre,
as high as the tallest
trees and so robust as
the rocky mountains.
It has enormous feet and
hands: it has ten toes
ending in sharp claws on
each foot, and it has ten
fingers in their hands,
also topped by claws.
21. They usually carry a sling of
wolf skin, in one hand, and
in the other, a robust black
cane, which can transform
into Wolf, Viper or Raven,
three animals of the forest
which are their friends.
Its huge body is covered by
rough and reddish hair. The
front of this is almost
obscured by a thick beard,
which has a single white
hair, the weak point of the
Ojáncano:
If someone manages to
tear out that hair, that will
blind the single eye that has
on his forehead, and he
may kill this unpleasant
creature.
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24.
25. The Sirenuca was a young
and beautiful Cantabrian
girl.
Legend says that,
disobeying her mother, she
used to gather shellfish in
the most dangerous cliffs of
Castro-Urdiales to sing to
the rhythm of the waves of
the sea. Her mother tired of
this situation, worried about
what might happen to her
daughter, cursed her saying:
“So Heaven’s God let you
turn into a fish!”
26. This beautiful girl was
converted into a woman
with a long, bright tail of
a fish.
Tradition says that even
today the young girl
sings her song to sailors
lost through the mist to
alert them that they are
approaching the cliffs.
27.
28. Malicious Goblin with pointy
ears, long hands, brown
skin, reddish robes and a
beret on the head.
He dedicates himself to
pervert lonely girls through
caresses that performs
while it is invisible with the
help of a young plant of
mandrake which always
has in his hand.
29. Girls who have gone
through that singular
experience change their
conduct from being lonely
to become cheerful and
passionate.
30.
31. He is a crazy,
troublemaker and
mocking Goblin who lives
in the houses of people.
He is covered with fur, he
has got a short tail and
teeny horns.
His main prank is sifting
flour outside the bowl;
that’s why he is also
known as the “Sifty
goblin”. Some of his
favourite pranks are
drinking milk, loosen belt
loops in windy days and
burn the stews.
Then, very hypocritical,
he pretends that he
regrets the mess that he
has caused.