It seems that in its more remote origins Cantabria had one native mythology which with the passing of the years has connected with celtic mythology and Romans, becoming related partly with legends and traditions of the rest of Cantabrian Mountains. In most cases its deeper meaning, passed from parents to children through oral tradition, it has been diluted either because this meaning has been lost or because the classic writers trasmited it in a shorten way when they don´t gather all the popular wealth and mentality, paying attention only to cults and divinities that kept similarity with theirs. On the other hand the romanization at a first moment and the incursion of Christianism later have gone transforming the sense and representation of these pagans rites. Anthem: Himno de Cantabria Capital Santander Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5,321 km²  1. ... For other uses, see Myth. ... Template:Buttface mythology Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism annas hippo butt, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. ... Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... Look up Legend in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The word tradition comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ... Cantabrian Mountains (Span. ... Oral tradition or oral culture is a way of transmitting history, literature or law from one generation to the next in a civilization without a writing system. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Divinity has a number of related uses in the field of religious belief and study. ... Christianism may refer to: Christianity, or its theory and practice The term Christianist is referred to as early as 1992 in a book by Rémi Brague. ... Heathen redirects here. ...

Even so Cantabrian people still conserve parables and legends with a greater ritual or behavior component than like significant tales. Cantabrian Mountains (Span. ... // A parable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. ... A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. ... Story has several different meaning as outlined below. ...

Divinities

Among the rest of myths that still persist as substrate in the Cantabrian tradition is the cult to great protective divinities like the adoration to Sun, as is testified in Cantabrian Steles, and in relation to the cult of the fire (bonfires of Saint John, coincident with solstice of summer, could be a reminiscence). Also it's idolized a supreme divinity-father (in Herrera de Camargo was discovered a beautiful bronze sculpture) wich in Roman time was associated with Jupiter and the cult to Sun and later with the Christian God. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A solstice is either of the two events of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equatorial plane. ... Jupiter et Thétis - by Jean Ingres, 1811. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

The fire cult has always been present in mythology

Together with the marked warlike disposition of the Cantabrians, there appears a god of war, subsequently identified as Mars, to whom they offered sacrifices of male goats, horses, or large numbers of prisoners, as Strabo points out. Together with this, germinator goddess-mothers related to Moon appears with evocations until the present in which they has a clear influence in rural enviroment in the phases of sowing and gathering of the crops. A forest fire Fire is a rapid oxidation process that creates light, heat, and smoke, and varies in intensity. ... Mars was the Roman god of war, the son of Juno and either Jupiter or a magical flower. ... Marcus Aurelius and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes: contemporary bas-relief, Capitoline Museum, Rome For other uses, see Sacrifice (disambiguation). ... The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Sowing is the process of planting seeds. ... A crop is any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or for another economic purpose. ...

In the same way the cult to a God of sea was assimilated at times of Roma through god Neptune (a statuette of this deity, but with features of the original Cantabrian divinity, was found in Castro Urdiales). Sea as seen from jetty in Frankston, Australia Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Neptune is usually depicted with a trident, as seen here in this statue by Jean de Boulogne in Bologna, Italy. ... Castro Urdiales, a seaport of northern Spain, in the province of Cantabria, situated on the bay of Biscay and at the head of a branch railway connected with the Bilbao-Santander line. ...

These ancient Cantabrians believed in immortality of spirit. Thus they demonstrated in theirs funeral rites where cremation predominated, with the exception of deaths in combat, who had to rest in the battlefield until vultures opened their entrails to take his soul to Heaven. This practice is testified in the engravings of the Cantabrian Stele of Zurita. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-7-27, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus (breath). // The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath (compare spiritus asper), but also soul, courage, vigor, ultimately from a PIE root *(s)peis- (to blow). In the Vulgate, the Latin word translates Greek (πνευμα), pneuma (Hebrew (רוח) ruah), as... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... Orders Falconiformes (Fam. ... The soul, acording to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self-aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Telluric mythology

Foggy forest of oaks in Cantabria. In the lushness of these forests cantabrian mythology locates to spirits and mythologycal beings, trying to give answers to the fear to the unknown..

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Significative dates

Elder flowers.

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External links

• Cantabrian Mythology (Spanish)
• Cantabrian Mythology (Spanish)
• Cantabria joven. Mythology and Legends (Spanish)

References

• Mitos y Leyendas de Cantabria. Santander 2001. Llano Merino, M.. Ed. Librería Estvdio. ISBN 84-95742-01-2

• Los Cántabros. Santander 1983. González Echegaray, J.. Ed. Librería Estvdio. ISBN 84-87934-23-4

• Gran Enciclopedia de Cantabria. Santander 1985 (8 tomos) y 2002 (tomos IX, X y XI). Various. Editorial Cantabria S.A. ISBN 84-86420-00-8

• Mitología y Supersticiones de Cantabria. Santander 1993. Adriano García-Lomas. Ed. Librería Estvdio. ISBN 84-87934-87-0