Europa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Europa, from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

América

Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur

(Greek mythology) Europa (woman seduced by Zeus)


coca

From cocatriz, probably from Old French cocatriz, from Latin calcātrīx.

de baleas, de cocas, de orças et de todoslos outros pescados quea ẽnas agoas

c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 134:

of whales, of cockatrices, of orcas and of all the other fishes that are in the waters

que ordenaba e mandaba que andase logo a dita confraría de Santa Oufémea depúus a confraría de Santa María a Madre con sua danza de espadas e çirios e outros jogos algúus, se os tebesen, saluo que o jogo da qoqa que andase aalende das confrarías de San Sebastián e de San Migeel, junto con a confraría dos carniçeyros, por que a dita coqa he escandallosa

1441, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 145:

they ordered and commanded that the guild of Saint Euphemia be the firt [in the parade], then the guild of Saint Mary Mother, with its sword dance and candles and other amusements, if they have any, with the exception of the game of the cockatrice, which should go after the guilds of Saint Sebastian and Saint Michael, with the butcher's guild, because said cockatrice is scandalous

(mythology, folklore) cockatrice, in Galician folklore a water creature


Ares

From Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Plutón

From Latin Pluton, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).


Afrodita

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


Deimos

(Greek mythology) Deimos (a son of the god Ares)


dragón

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

der

c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26

Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs

Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.


titán

(Greek mythology) titan (pre-Olympian god)


Edipo

From Latin Oedipus, from Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους (Oidípous).


Fobos

(Greek mythology) Phobos (son of the god Ares)


Tritón

(Greek mythology) Triton (son of the god Poseidon)


Ganímedes

(Greek mythology) Ganymede (servant of the gods)


Calisto

(Greek mythology) Callisto (nymph raped by Zeus)


Ío

(Greek mythology) Io (priestess of Hera)


xenio

genie, Jinn (a spirit, either good or evil, of pre-Islamic and Islamic mythology)


sátiro

From Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).


provizo

Attested since 1370. Perhaps from Latin provisus (“foreseen”)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) goblin, imp


compaña

From Old Galician-Portuguese companna, from Vulgar Latin *compānia, from Latin compāniō (whence also French compagnon, Italian compagnone), from cum + pānis, a calque from Gothic. Doublet of compañía. Compare Portuguese companha and Spanish compaña.

Non viche Maruxa, nas noites do inverno, andar a estantiga polos matorreiros, a estantiga digo, que chaman os vellos hostea ou compaña que a todos fai medo

1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 106:

Haven't you see, Maruxa, in the winter nights, the Estantiga passing by the woods? The Estantiga, I say, the one the old ones call the Host or Company, which frightens everyone

(mythology, folklore) the procession of the death, also known as estantiga, the "ancient troop" (a Christianized form of the Wild Hunt); similar to the sluagh and fairy host of the folklore of Ireland and Scotland


Pedro Chosco

Pedro (“Peter”) + Chosco (“having a winked eye”).

Váite d'ahí, Pedro Chosco, non m'atentes a criada, que n-a calzas nin-a vistes nin lle pagas a soldada

1886, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Folk-lore español: Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas ...:

Go away, Pedro Chosco, don't induce my maid: you don't buy her shoes, nor clothes, and you don't pay her wage


trasno

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin trānsgredior (“I cross over (fig., the law)”). Cognate of Portuguese trasgo, Asturian trasgu, Spanish trasgo.

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) A mischievous mythological creature, usually domestic and similar to a goblin or brownie, other times more similar to a nightmare, found in the legends of the North and West of the Iberian peninsula


estantiga

From hoste (“army”) + antiga (“ancient, old”).

compound

Haven't you see, Maruxa, in the winter nights, the Estantiga passing by the woods? the Estantiga, I say, that the old ones call the Host or Company, that scares everyone

(mythology, folklore) the procession of the death (a Christianized form of the Wild Hunt)


papón

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) ogre; bogeyman


oceánide

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Oceanid


abelurio

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature, similar to a goblin, found in the legends of the Northwest of the Iberian peninsula


sugota

Corréro-no as meigas; Chuchouno a sugota

1886, Antonio María de la Iglesia, El Idioma Gallego:

(folklore, mythology) hag; a she-vampire


olláparo

(folklore, mythology) kind of cyclops who has an eye in the front of the head and another one in the back


peeira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peeira (attested since circa 1409). From Latin pedaria.

inh+

(folklore, mythology) person, usually a woman, who acts as a wolf keeper. If a woman had seven daughters and no sons, the seventh one would became one.