Portugal

Sintra is a town in the hills west of Lisbon that has been understood as a place of supernatural significance […]

The Black Ships of Lisbon are a Portuguese omen tradition, a fleet of dark ghost ships seen sailing silently up

Sebastianism is the messianic folk belief that King Sebastian I of Portugal, who disappeared at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir

Inês de Castro was a Galician noblewoman who became the lover of the Portuguese crown prince Dom Pedro in the

The Mula Sem Cabeça, the Headless Mule, is one of the most distinctive creatures in Portuguese and Brazilian folklore, a

The Fada is the Portuguese fairy, and the word’s etymology tells you immediately what distinguishes the Portuguese tradition from the

The Homem do Saco, the Sack Man, is Portugal’s primary child-threatening figure, a supernatural or semi-supernatural being who carries a

The Coca is a dragon figure from Portuguese and broader Iberian tradition, a sea serpent of enormous size that emerged