Catalan legendary creatures

mythological feminine character

evil demonic mythological dog that drinks people's blood

thumb|250px|"Muladona" from an 18th-century text In Catalan mythology, a Muladona or Donamula (mule-woman or woman-mule in Catalan) is a female mule with a human woman's head. Legend has it that a young woman was cursed by the townspeople for being irreverent and irreligious, and the curse turned her into a mule.

A minairó (, plural minairons), also called manairó, menairó, diablorí in Catalonia or zaingorriak in the Basque country, is a tiny mythological being that some people save enclosed within a needle tube in some villages of the Pyrenees. They have other names in the valleys.

right|300px|thumb|The Marraco of Lleida right|300px|thumb|The Marraco, side view The Marraco (, ) is a dragon or frightening creature in Catalan myth in the city of Lleida. It possessed a mouth wide enough to swallow a human whole according to tales told to frighten children.

In Catalan legend and popular culture, the Pesanta () is an enormous dog or cat that goes into people's houses in the night and steps on their chests, making it difficult for them to breathe and causing nightmares. The Pesanta is similar to the Portuguese Pisadeira. It is black and hairy, with steel paws, but its paws have holes in them.

Mythological figure of Catalan culture

thumb|Graffiti Cocollona in Girona (Catalonia, Spain). The Cocollona is a folkloric creature from Girona.