馃嚜馃嚫 Magic in Spain
75 entries from Spain, best known first, across 38 places of magic.
Places of magic in Spain
Logro帽o 3Santiago de Compostela 3Zugarramurdi 3Anboto 1Aragon 1Aralar Range 1Arratzaren valley 1Asturias 1Ataun 1Basque Country 1Bletisama 1Burgos 1Canary Islands 1Cancho Roano 1Cueva del Tibicena 1Gorbea 1Irati Forest 1Madrid 1Mas Castellar de Pont贸s 1Murcia 1Museum of the History of Tenerife 1Numantia 1Pyrenees 1San Crist贸bal de La Laguna 1Seville 1Toledo 1Valencia 1V茅lez Blanco 1Zeanuri 1CataloniaGranadaLake of BanyolesLa VeraMallorcaN谩jeraNavarreSalamancaSan Pedro Manrique
PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
BeliefHindu and TantricBuddhistJainMuslim and SufiJewishChristianSikhZoroastrianShinto and TaoistIndigenous and shamanicAfrican and Afro-diasporicPagan and NeopaganEsoteric and occultFolk and village customSecular and stageOther traditions
馃嚘馃嚪 Argentina and 5 moreGauchito Gil
A folk saint from Argentina who protects the poor and outcastsBeing 路 Protection 路 Healing Living
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainCatalina Lercaro
A ghost story from Tenerife about a woman who took her own life on her wedding dayBeing Living
馃嚡馃嚨 Japan and 5 moreMythic humanoids
Creatures that blend human and animal traits across global folkloreBeing 路 Wonder and entertainment Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Folk saint: Sergio Serrano, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Catalina Lercaro: tivity.es, CC BY 3.0, source