🇪🇸 Magic in Spain
73 entries from Spain, best known first, across 37 places of magic.
Places of magic in Spain
Logroño 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 Pontós 1Murcia 1Museum of the History of Tenerife 1Numantia 1Pyrenees 1San Cristóbal de La Laguna 1Seville 1Toledo 1Valencia 1Zeanuri 1CataloniaGranadaLake of BanyolesLa VeraMallorcaNájeraNavarreSalamancaSan 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
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreFig sign
A hand gesture used to ward off the evil eye or as an insult in many culturesBelief · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreBay Laurelδάφνη
An aromatic Mediterranean plant used in cooking and as a symbol of victory and purification.Substance · Protection · Cleansing and purification Living
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreSt John's Eve
A Christian vigil marked by bonfires and plant gathering on the summer solstice eveRite · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreMedieval European magic
A broad category of ritual and natural practices in the Middle Ages, blending healing, divination, and religious belief.Tradition · Healing · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreEuropean witchcraft
Historical beliefs in harmful magic and the resulting trials across EuropeBelief · Cursing and harm · Protection Historical
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 moreHousehold deity
A spirit or minor god believed to guard a home and its family members.Being · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇮🇱 Israel and 4 moreChaiחי
A Hebrew word and symbol meaning 'alive', used as an amulet and in Jewish culture.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Witchcraft in Latin America: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bay Laurel: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, source
- Fig sign: Harald the Bard, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Medieval European magic: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- St John's Eve: Jules Breton, Public domain, source
- Chai: BASWIM, CC BY 3.0, source
- Household deity: Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source