Cu Lebre (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cu lebre, or Culebre, is a giant winged serpent- dragon of the Asturian and Cantabrian mythology, that lives in a cave, guards treasures and keeps xanas as prisoners. Although they are immortal, they grow old as the time goes by and their scales become thick and impenetrable, and flag wings grow in their bodies. They don't usually move, and when they do it, it is in order to eat cattle and people. One can kill the cu lebre giving him as meal a red-hot stone or a bread full of pins. Its spit it is said to turn into a magic stone which heals many diseases. In Midsummer, which is a magical night in Asturian and Cantabrian folklore, it is possible for brave men to defeat the cu lebre, whose spells don't take effect that night, and marry the xana and get the treasure. However in Cantabrian areas it's said the night of Saint Bartholomew the creature increases his power and unleashes all his fury against people in revenge.