Editing Cantabria (section)

===Mythology===
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The north of the Spanish state is a rich area for [[mythology]]. From [[Galicia, Spain|Galicia]] to the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], passing by Asturias and Cantabria, there are rites, stories and imaginary or impossible beings.

Cantabrian lore turns its forests and mountains into magical places where the [[myth]]s, [[belief]]s and [[legend]]s have been present as an essential part of the [[Cantabrian culture]], either because they have been living in the popular heritage through the [[oral tradition]] transmitted from father to son, or because they have been recovered by scholars ([[Manuel Llano (scholar)|Manuel Llano]] and others) who have worried about preserving the cultural heritage.
Its mythology and [[superstition]]s present a great [[Celt]]ic influence that has diluted with the pass of time, being [[Religion in ancient Rome|romanized]] or [[Christianity|Christianized]] in many cases.

There is a heavy presence of fabulous beings of [[giant (mythology)|giant]] proportions and [[Cyclopean]] features (the ''[[ojáncanu|ojáncanos]]''), fantastic animals (''[[cuélebre|culebres]]'', ''[[caballucos del diablu]]'' (lit. horses of the devil, [[damselfly|damselflies]]), ''[[ramidreju]]s'', etc.), [[Fairy|færies]] (''anjanas'', ''ijanas'' of Aras), [[duende (mythology)|duendes]] (''nuberos, ventolines, [[trenti]]s, trasgus, trastolillos, musgosu, tentiruju''), [[anthropomorphic]] characters (the ''sirenuca'' (little mermaid), the [[fish-man]], the [[cuegle]], the wife-bear of Andara, the ''guajona''), etc.