Galician mythology

thumb|upright|A statuette of Geryon at the [[Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon]] In Greek mythology, Geryon (; , genitive ), also Geryone (, or ), son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus, was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean. A more literal-minded later generation of Greeks associated the region with Tartessos in southern Iberia. Geryon was often described as a monster with either three bodies and three heads, or three heads and one body, or three bodies and one head. He is common

thumb|right|Breogán statue in A Coruña thumb|right|Breogán statue and the Tower of Hercules in A Coruña, Spain

Galician distilled drink, alcoholic beverage

deep-rooted mythical belief

large precariously balanced stones

mythical ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland

According to Portuguese, Galician, and Asturian mythology, the Mouros or Moiros are a race of supernatural beings which have inhabited the lands of Galicia, Asturias and Portugal since the beginning of time.

The Nuberu, Ñuberu, Reñubeiru or Nubeiru (Asturian, Leonese, Eonavian Cantabrian), Nubero (Castilian) or Nubeiro (Galician) -literally "The Clouder"- is a character of Asturian, Cantabrian, Galician and Leonese mythology. According to Asturian mythology, the Nuberu (also known in Western Asturias as Reñubeiru or Xuan Cabritu) is the divinity of clouds and storms.

Stories that are part of the culture of the Galician people

thumb|Apothecary containers for Axungia hominis (human fat), 17th-18th centuries. Sacamantecas ("Fat extractor" in Spanish) or mantequero ("Fat seller/maker") is the Spanish name for a kind of bogeyman or criminal characterized by killing for human fat.

Mythological queen of Galicia

figure of Portuguese and Galician legend