Marzas

Marzas is the name given to the songs with which the month of March is received and the arrival of the spring season is celebrated. They are sung the last day of February or the first of March in Cantabria and nearby areas in northern Spain. The young singers, called marceros, sing in exchange for traditional Cantabrian products such as cornbread, black pudding, chorizo, etc.

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Cantabrian mythology
Divinities
Cantabrian deities
  • Cabuniaegius
  • Candamus
  • Cantabria
  • Epane
  • Erudinus
  • Mater Deva
Adopted Roman gods
  • Janus
  • Jupiter
  • Mars
  • Neptune
Heroes
  • Cantabri
  • Corocotta
  • Larus 
Creatures
  • Alicorniu
  • Anjana
  • Arquetu
  • Basiliscu
  • Bichu amarillu
  • Brujas de Ongayu
  • Caballucos del Diablu
  • Cuegle
  • Cuines de Silió
  • Culebre
  • Duende zahorí
  • Enanucos bigaristas
  • Espumeros
  • Fish-man
  • Gallu de la muerte
  • Guajona
  • Hechiceras del Ebro
  • Ijana
  • Las Lavanderas
  • Mengues
  • Monuca
  • Mozas del Agua
  • Musgosu
  • Nuberu
  • Ojáncana
  • Ojáncanu
  • Osa de Andara
  • Pájaru de la alegría
  • Pájaru de ojos amarillos
  • Pecu
  • Ramidreju
  • Reina Mora
  • Sierpe de Peñacastillu
  • Sirenuca
  • Sun of the Dead
  • Tentiruju
  • Trasgu
  • Trastolillu
  • Trenti
  • Ventolín
  • Viejuca de Vispieres
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