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Xana
The Xana areis watera basedcharacter spiritsfound thatin areAsturian verymythology. Always female, she is a creature of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water. She is usually described as small or slender with long blonde or light sacredbrown hair (most often curly), which she tends to Diana,with gold or silver combs woven from sun or moonbeams. The origin of the Asturian word xana is unclear, though some scholars see it as a derivation from the RomanLatin name for the goddess ofDiana. References to where the moon.Themythological Xanaxanas lived are saidstill common in Asturian toponyms. They also appear in Eastern Galician mythology.
Besides exchanging other women's children for their own, the xanas promise treasures and can be disenchanted. Some xanas also attack people and steal their food. They live in fountains and caves. A xana can be a beneficial spirit, offering love water to blesstravelers and rewards of gold or silver to those withfound worthy through some undefined judgment. Their hypnotic voices can be heard during spring and summer nights. Those who have a pure heartsoul and hear the song will be filled with jewelrya sense fromof rivers,peace and love. streams,Those lakeswhose souls are not pure will feel they are being suffocated and oceans.may be driven insane.
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Xanas Xana'sare cannotusually producebreast-milkanddepicted thereforein oftenone haveof atwo ways. In one, hardthey appear as young timeNordic girls, very beautiful, with children.long Theyblonde dohair. notThis raiseimage theiris children.Theusually Xanaassociated lovewith silverxanas who possess a treasure or those under a spell. In contrast, in tales in which the xanas steal children and enter homes to bite or steal, the xanas are small, thin and gold.dark-colored.
The Xanastories about singxanas songscan be divided into four broad categories. First, stories in which the xana has a child. In these stories, the xana switches her baby for that whenof heardanother willwoman. enchantSecond, thosestories withof goodxanas who soulssuffer spells. In these stories, an act performed according to a secret norm can disenchant them. Third, xanas who possess treasures and riches. The xana may blesshave acquired the riches accidentally, or themthrough donation or cursetheft; sometimes the human character of the tale obtains the treasure, but most of the times he does not. Finally, stories about xanas who are malicious. The most important tales of this category are those within unpurifiedwhich soulsthe xana enters a home through a keyhole; those in which the xana takes and causeenchants someone; those in themwhich terriblethe xana miserytransforms into animals; and theythose willin hearwhich the xana provides a terriblemagic song.belt.
The Xana areis watera basedcharacter spiritsfound thatin areAsturian verymythology. Always female, she is a creature of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water. She is usually described as small or slender with long blonde or light sacredbrown hair (most often curly), which she tends to Diana,with gold or silver combs woven from sun or moonbeams. The origin of the Asturian word xana is unclear, though some scholars see it as a derivation from the RomanLatin name for the goddess ofDiana. References to where the moon.Themythological Xanaxanas lived are saidstill common in Asturian toponyms. They also appear in Eastern Galician mythology.Besides exchanging other women's children for their own, the xanas promise treasures and can be disenchanted. Some xanas also attack people and steal their food. They live in fountains and caves. A xana can be a beneficial spirit, offering love water to blesstravelers and rewards of gold or silver to those withfound worthy through some undefined judgment. Their hypnotic voices can be heard during spring and summer nights. Those who have a pure heartsoul and hear the song will be filled with jewelrya sense fromof rivers,peace and love. streams,Those lakeswhose souls are not pure will feel they are being suffocated and oceans.may be driven insane.
The
Xanas Xana'sare cannotusually producebreast-milkanddepicted thereforein oftenone haveof atwo ways. In one, hardthey appear as young timeNordic girls, very beautiful, with children.long Theyblonde dohair. notThis raiseimage theiris children.Theusually Xanaassociated lovewith silverxanas who possess a treasure or those under a spell. In contrast, in tales in which the xanas steal children and enter homes to bite or steal, the xanas are small, thin and gold.dark-colored.
The Xanastories about singxanas songscan be divided into four broad categories. First, stories in which the xana has a child. In these stories, the xana switches her baby for that whenof heardanother willwoman. enchantSecond, thosestories withof goodxanas who soulssuffer spells. In these stories, an act performed according to a secret norm can disenchant them. Third, xanas who possess treasures and riches. The xana may blesshave acquired the riches accidentally, or themthrough donation or cursetheft; sometimes the human character of the tale obtains the treasure, but most of the times he does not. Finally, stories about xanas who are malicious. The most important tales of this category are those within unpurifiedwhich soulsthe xana enters a home through a keyhole; those in which the xana takes and causeenchants someone; those in themwhich terriblethe xana miserytransforms into animals; and theythose willin hearwhich the xana provides a terriblemagic song.belt.