🇪🇸 Magic in Spain
70 entries from Spain, best known first, across 36 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 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
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreHamsaخمسة
A palm-shaped amulet used across North Africa and the Middle East to ward off harm.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreRelic
An object or body part kept to honor a holy person and mark their connection to the divineCharm · Protection · Healing Living
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreJet
A black gemstone carved into amulets and mourning jewellery for centuriesCharm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 morePrecious coral
A marine skeleton harvested for jewelry and worn as a protective charm in several culturesSubstance · Protection · Healing Living
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreShen ring
An ancient Egyptian symbol of eternal protection, shaped like a rope looped around a stick.Charm · Protection Historical
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreTefillinתְּפִלִּין
Black leather boxes containing Torah scrolls, worn by Jewish men during weekday prayers.Charm · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇮🇹 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
🇪🇸 SpainDetente bala
A cloth charm worn by Spanish soldiers to stop bullets in the name of JesusCharm · Protection Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tefillin: Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, source
- Precious coral: Géry PARENT, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jet: Thmsfrst, Public domain, source
- Relic: MathieuGuy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shen ring: Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 fr, source
- Fig sign: Harald the Bard, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hamsa: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source