Hi all, I just wanted to share my latest illustrated map. I’ve been looking at the mythical beasts of the Iberian Peninsula, I absolutely adored doing it, you have such beautiful and varied mythology and folklore. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the map.
This looks awesome!
Where is “El Coco”?
That’s absolutely wonderful!
That’s the best thing I’m going to see today!
It’s beautiful I’m very proud of my country and you for taking the effort 🥹👏🏻
Que pasada de mapa??
I’m glad you depicted Geryon on your map! My home town has a very close symbology with Heracles. In fact, the tenth task he had to endure took place there, as he had to steal Geryon’s cattle to fulfill it. Moreso, he placed the famous columns of Heracles near there, which represents the closest point between Africa and Spain, and also the limits of the known world to the ancient Greeks.
Oh my god this is freaking amazing.
This looks awesome, but I don’t think the Galo de Barcelos fits the ”mythical beasts” category that much.
It is about a roasted rooster that sings and by doing so proves that a person is innocent of a crime they were being accused by. Like one dude (A Galician actually) was going to be hang and he said that he’s innocent and that the roasted rooster on the table is going to sing when he is hung, which the rooster does, so they let the guy go.
It fits the mythical tale category, but not so much the beast ahah
Just a rant. But I really love this! I wish in Portugal we paid more respect to this tales, this is a part of our culture that is lost among the majority of people.
El conde Estruch técnicamente no es mitológico, es ficción moderna.
Love the depiction of the Cuélebre
How can be Mono Careto mythical? Isn’t that just Miguel Maldonado?
Falta el tio Camuñas, El sacamantecas y Belen Esteban.
Hey OP, the art style is amazing, great job!
Did you use any particular sources for it? Did you choose to leave some out? I’m missing “tamarros” for the Pyrenees but maybe you either didn’t include it on purpose, you didn’t find any particular info about them or some other reason (considering that their whole schtick is that nobody knows what they look like, maybe you deliberately left them out lol)
Awesome stuff! Like 90% of them are completely unheard of for most of us, it’s sad that our own mithology became quite an obscure topic. And the artstyle is just top notch! The best thing I’m gonna see in this sub for a while
Mono careto 🙉
gracias
Nice job! Not very accurate or complete, but the drawing is great. Thanks for sharing!
r/mapassincanarias
little known fact, outside catalonia we know the basajaun by the name of “francés”. Scary, I know
Great work!
Que inventiva…
So great. I loved the one you did of Ireland, too. A bit sorry not to see las Xanas in Asturias.
You probably wanted to avoid spamming, but the map and a very cool list of the creatures is available here:
In Catalonia, I’m missing the Dones d’Aigua (Water-women). (*mythological creature*) Feminine being that lives in places with fresh water
Damn this is so fucking cool. The other maps are amazing too, nice job!
Where ojancano
r/mapassincanarias
Basque Country’s lore is underepresented or not represented at all
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Chuliiiiisimo. Me lo haces poster y me lo compro.
Le he pegado varios vistazos a Andalucía. Donde está el andaluz madrguador?
I love this! Is it for sale? If buy one
It’s not trasgu its trasgo, I’m form galicia
To be honest I didn’t know about the one in Alicante, I have never heard about it and I am from there
Pregunta: ¿el basajaún no es asturiano?
Before you all start demanding mytha you know in the map. I researched this a lot in my high school years, I was kinda obssesed with mythos by half a year.
I agree that all the northern provinces deserve a map on their own, lots of mythological creatures there. As you go down the numbers dwindle but There is still lots of mythological creatures in the peninsula.
As for some of you that claim different names for some of the ones shown. You are both correct and incorrect, lots of myths on iberia are shared by neighbours under similar or diferent names. Trasgu/Trasgo as an example.
Dont forget that despite cultural differences between autonomous comunities you all share ancestors and most of your cultural heritage, even some of the weirdest mythos (basque as an example) have influences from the mythos of their neighbours and same viceversa.
Casi toda españa: monstruos y criaturas de tamaños y formas diversas.
Murcia: mujer.
El Trasgu es Asturleonés
Coño el trasgu fuese pa Lugo! La virxen
Hey! Just wondering about Las Lavanderas, have you not found them? They’re personally one of my fave folklore myths 🙂
This is so cool!
You’re missing the Fragasaurus Rex, the mythical ancient radioactive beast from Galicia.
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Hi all, I just wanted to share my latest illustrated map. I’ve been looking at the mythical beasts of the Iberian Peninsula, I absolutely adored doing it, you have such beautiful and varied mythology and folklore. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the map.
This looks awesome!
Where is “El Coco”?
That’s absolutely wonderful!
That’s the best thing I’m going to see today!
It’s beautiful I’m very proud of my country and you for taking the effort 🥹👏🏻
Que pasada de mapa??
I’m glad you depicted Geryon on your map! My home town has a very close symbology with Heracles. In fact, the tenth task he had to endure took place there, as he had to steal Geryon’s cattle to fulfill it. Moreso, he placed the famous columns of Heracles near there, which represents the closest point between Africa and Spain, and also the limits of the known world to the ancient Greeks.
Oh my god this is freaking amazing.
This looks awesome, but I don’t think the Galo de Barcelos fits the ”mythical beasts” category that much.
It is about a roasted rooster that sings and by doing so proves that a person is innocent of a crime they were being accused by. Like one dude (A Galician actually) was going to be hang and he said that he’s innocent and that the roasted rooster on the table is going to sing when he is hung, which the rooster does, so they let the guy go.
It fits the mythical tale category, but not so much the beast ahah
Just a rant. But I really love this! I wish in Portugal we paid more respect to this tales, this is a part of our culture that is lost among the majority of people.
El conde Estruch técnicamente no es mitológico, es ficción moderna.
Love the depiction of the Cuélebre
How can be Mono Careto mythical? Isn’t that just Miguel Maldonado?
Falta el tio Camuñas, El sacamantecas y Belen Esteban.
Hey OP, the art style is amazing, great job!
Did you use any particular sources for it? Did you choose to leave some out? I’m missing “tamarros” for the Pyrenees but maybe you either didn’t include it on purpose, you didn’t find any particular info about them or some other reason (considering that their whole schtick is that nobody knows what they look like, maybe you deliberately left them out lol)
Awesome stuff! Like 90% of them are completely unheard of for most of us, it’s sad that our own mithology became quite an obscure topic. And the artstyle is just top notch! The best thing I’m gonna see in this sub for a while
Mono careto 🙉
gracias
Nice job! Not very accurate or complete, but the drawing is great. Thanks for sharing!
r/mapassincanarias
little known fact, outside catalonia we know the basajaun by the name of “francés”. Scary, I know
Great work!
Que inventiva…
So great. I loved the one you did of Ireland, too. A bit sorry not to see las Xanas in Asturias.
You probably wanted to avoid spamming, but the map and a very cool list of the creatures is available here:
https://www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/the-long-and-cursed-road-to-iberia
El Trasgu no es gallego, es asturiano lol
In Catalonia, I’m missing the Dones d’Aigua (Water-women). (*mythological creature*) Feminine being that lives in places with fresh water
Damn this is so fucking cool. The other maps are amazing too, nice job!
Where ojancano
r/mapassincanarias
Basque Country’s lore is underepresented or not represented at all
Paldea DLC Legendary Pokemon leaked
Chuliiiiisimo. Me lo haces poster y me lo compro.
Le he pegado varios vistazos a Andalucía. Donde está el andaluz madrguador?
I love this! Is it for sale? If buy one
It’s not trasgu its trasgo, I’m form galicia
To be honest I didn’t know about the one in Alicante, I have never heard about it and I am from there
Pregunta: ¿el basajaún no es asturiano?
Before you all start demanding mytha you know in the map. I researched this a lot in my high school years, I was kinda obssesed with mythos by half a year.
I agree that all the northern provinces deserve a map on their own, lots of mythological creatures there. As you go down the numbers dwindle but There is still lots of mythological creatures in the peninsula.
As for some of you that claim different names for some of the ones shown. You are both correct and incorrect, lots of myths on iberia are shared by neighbours under similar or diferent names. Trasgu/Trasgo as an example.
Dont forget that despite cultural differences between autonomous comunities you all share ancestors and most of your cultural heritage, even some of the weirdest mythos (basque as an example) have influences from the mythos of their neighbours and same viceversa.
Casi toda españa: monstruos y criaturas de tamaños y formas diversas.
Murcia: mujer.
El Trasgu es Asturleonés
Coño el trasgu fuese pa Lugo! La virxen
Hey! Just wondering about Las Lavanderas, have you not found them? They’re personally one of my fave folklore myths 🙂
This is so cool!
You’re missing the Fragasaurus Rex, the mythical ancient radioactive beast from Galicia.
As mouras in Galiza and northern Portugal