The first thing we ask when we hear the names of Fountain of Virtue, of Mora Rock, Rock of Man or the Peak Force is not the source of meaning, worth or peak dámolo known for. What arouses our curiosity is why they are called the Virtue of Man or the Force. Then come some place names that speak of animals, religious buildings, castles, caves, crosses, crossroads, deities, mythical mascarpone creatures and fantastic fountains, ponds, wells, feathers, plants, gentlemen of knife and fork, that ... Templars, undoubtedly part of the beliefs of our ancestors.
According to the Galician mythology, is the animal that goes sometimes with Compan, directing mascarpone and guiding in their nocturnal procession of souls in pain through fields mascarpone and forests. Some mythologists mascarpone believe this is the ram goat, and this goat was Bodet or Wotan, the infernal mascarpone cazata. The word also refers to ram an ossuary of the cemeteries.
Bird of prey black associated with bad luck. Derogatory nickname that give some Galician cities that still run some ecclesiastical Seminary, referring no doubt to the black dress.
The cuckoo, which is very astute, is a symbol of selfishness are considered apart as an advertiser spring and as a representation of marital infidelity. Who hears their song before mascarpone breakfast will live many years and is destined to have the luck to face, but in other areas it will sure bring a year full of laziness. When the boys were going to see a nest tending not to his lips so that the cuckoo had not eaten eggs; and they came to talk of these pebbles called it, because they knew that, "If you call eggs, the cuckoo comes and cómeos / pebbles you call, the cuckoo comes and leaves them." The cuckoo-king, the name with which it is known in some regions the kitty of San Antón, in Galician also called the King-king and Ladybug. The girls young woman Collier insect, and putting it on the palm and saying, "Cuckoo-king, where love I have?", And the direction they took when flying, deduced that there would come the boyfriend or husband desired. The Moors Manolo would often find out the same question years of life they would have, saying: "King-Cuckoo, cuckoo-king, how many years will I live?". Made the question, had jam all units Sequential, and the number who had arrived to undertake the flight, these would be the year they would live.
The cuckoo, mascarpone sometimes gives a few blows to sing, appearing saying "ta-dust-cú!"; people believe that this voice announcement is bad harvest bread, it is when you hear this bird first appeared in the year.
There are many sayings about this bird. If, when you start the season, singing early, takes him to a bed, this has already laziness all summer. They say that migrates when you see the first Gavel and if you do not, say, "did not yet seen the Gavel." In some areas of Galicia is, when it comes, does flying over the mountains, say it will be good harvest; if you do on the fields seeded, is a sign of bad.
Said the owl zuga oil lamps of the churches. It is considered a bird of ill omen, especially when you fly over the house of some sick, because the flight quiet announces a disgrace. It also announces the death when gralla on a house or near it.
According to some beliefs, the chicken does not sing, but cacarexa; so when some mimics how the rooster, believed to be near a disgrace at home, or auncia the presence of some evil genius or lost soul. So, to hear the sound instead say "It passes bad thing happens, God bless our home with a lever above the house." In some regions Galician sounds heal back pain by applying the point on a black hen, and living in open channel, and still believes, moreover, that the chicken broth that is very healthy for puérperas. There are still those who certainly gives many fabulous treasures beneath the forts or caves and the caves are announced by a chicken that has chicks gold.
The cock is for the Galicians like clockwork night that marks the hours well, singing three times around twelve, two to three and the sunrise. Its song before midnight is taken as a omen of death or misfortune nearby.
In many parts of Galicia has the cat to animal weather; and because of this belief is believed that many of their actions indicate some days the weather more safely than a good barometer. So when long runs by the house is a sign of wind; and when he washes his face is ad or visit the next rain. It is said that swallowing a cat dander produced epilepsy, and that if you eat something the cat tried, acquired asthma or illness calls gafentas, and there are also those who believe that a completely black cat gives good luck in a house.
How much cricket is considered a symbol of well-being, and therefore not pursue them if not to be left in peace to domestic and cázanse males to have them at home during the summer, and meténdoos
