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
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainMaslama al-Majriti兀亘賵 丕賱賯丕爻賲 賲爻賱賲丞 亘賳 兀丨賲丿 丕賱賲噩乇賷胤賷
A tenth-century scholar of alchemy and astronomy in Islamic Spain.Figure 路 Wonder and entertainment 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainSorginak
Mythical beings and historical figures associated with Basque witchcraft and the goddess Mari.Figure 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Cursing and harm Historical
馃嚠馃嚬 Italy and 1 moreCola Pesce
An Italian merman legend about a boy cursed by his mother to live in the seaFigure 路 Cursing and harm 路 Seeing and foretelling Historical
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainGua帽ame帽e
A Guanche prophet and the highest priestly rank in pre-conquest TenerifeFigure 路 Seeing and foretelling 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainSorginak
Mythical beings and historical figures associated with Basque witchcraft and the goddess Mari.Figure 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Cursing and harm Historical
馃嚠馃嚬 Italy and 1 moreCola Pesce
An Italian merman legend about a boy cursed by his mother to live in the seaFigure 路 Cursing and harm 路 Seeing and foretelling Historical
馃嚜馃嚫 SpainGua帽ame帽e
A Guanche prophet and the highest priestly rank in pre-conquest TenerifeFigure 路 Seeing and foretelling 路 Power and authority Historical
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- Sorginak: Errazking, CC BY-SA 4.0, source