Mythological Creatures of Sardinia

[askra]

In sardinian folklore Sa Mama 'e su Sole, in english The Mother of the Sun, was a female supernatural creature who appeared after Midday in the summers.

Sa Mama 'e su Sole is described as a beautiful woman who punishes the children who disobey to their parents going out to play during the hottest hours of the day in summer, causing them a fever called halentura.

[Mens-Sarda]

interesting, when we were children, we used to call "mama 'e su sole" the flying cardoon seeds

[askra]

The Carru e’ Deus ( The God Chariot ), also known as Carru e' Nannai, is a flying chariot that across the sky during the storms, which carries heavy boulders, that when banging one another cause hard noises and sparks. This legend was told to children during the thunderstorms, in the reality the bang noises are the thunders and the sparks the lightnings.

[askra]

The Origantes are an ancient People who settled in Sardinia since the the dawn of time and that now live underground, where have built thousands of tunnels and towns.

[askra]

Arreyulta is a very tall woman with giantic proportions who appears between july 31 and august 1. She drags heavy chains and lives inside a grotto, located to the foot of Mount Pelao, outside the village of Bessude. Seeing her means a sign of impending death.

[Enflamme]

Cool

[Aëlwenn]

Nice thread !!
That's inspired me for my works.

Sardinia look like a very special island.

[Wadaad]

Janas




The Janas, in Sardinian Mythology, are fairies, that sometimes can transform themselves in witches, so exist benevolent and evil Janas. The Janas look like beautiful winged small women who dress in red, and wear a hat embroidered with silver thread. They sometimes give off a blinding light. According to the tradition to each newborn baby was assigned a Jana, which would watch over and protect for a lifetime each person if the Jana was benevolent, in other case the Jana would cause misfortunes.

Janas is from Jinn/Genies

[Enflamme]

I do not know if this has already been posted, I post here anyway in case!

Erchitu


The Erchitu is a legendary creature of Sardinian tradition.
According to the ancient legends of Sardinia, a man who committed a serious fault would turn on full moon nights into a white ox with two large horns. The creature stops in front of a house and bellows three times: his roar is heard by all the inhabitants of the country, and according to tradition, the master of the house will to die within the year.
Sometimes they are accompanied by Devils which lay two lit candles on their horns and prod them with hot skewers.
The Erchitos can free themselves from their torment only when they encounter someone brave and strong, capable of extinguishing the candles in one puff, or capable of cutting the horns on the head with one precise shot.

[JMack]

Beautiful thread