Editing Geryon (section)

==In medieval Iberian culture==
[[File:Escudo de A Coruña.svg|thumb|200px|Coat of arms of [[Coruña]]. Since 1448, it features Geryon's skull at the base of the tower.]]
The myth of Geryon is linked to the [[Spanish nationalism|building of the nations of Spain]] and [[County of Portugal|Portugal]], since he was considered an inhabitant of the [[Iberian Peninsula]].<ref name="ib">{{cite journal |last1=Moreira Fernandes |first1=José Sílvio |title=Estrutura e função do mito de Hércules na ''Monarquia Lusitana'' de Bernardo de Brito |journal=Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate |date=2007 |issue=9 |pages=119–150 |url=http://www2.dlc.ua.pt/classicos/hercules.pdf |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=pt |issn=0874-5498 |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010191419/http://www2.dlc.ua.pt/classicos/hercules.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Medieval authors such as the bishop of Girona [[Joan Margarit i Pau]] (1422–1484) or the bishop of Toledo [[Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada]] tried to legitimate the resistance of Geryon against the Greek invader.<ref name="ib"/>

The {{lang|osp|[[Estoria de España]]}} of [[Alfonso X of Castile]] tells how Hercules killed the giant Geryon, cut his head off and ordered a tower built on it marking his victory. The [[Tower of Hercules]] in Coruña, Spain, is actually a working lighthouse rebuilt on a Roman lighthouse.<ref name="Turismo">{{cite web |title=Tower of Hercules |url=https://turismocoruna.com/web/corTurServer.php?idSecweb=321&idFicha=41&id_secPadre=260&idCategoria=176&idSecDescendencia=316 |website=turismocoruna.com |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The Portuguese friar [[Bernardo de Brito]] considers the monster a historical invader, ruling despotically over the descendants of [[Tubal]].<ref name="ib"/>