Moura from Encantadas by An Danzza

Galician and Portuguese mythology is full of stories about Mouras—female beings bound to
specific places, usually streams, caves, or fountains, where they guard treasures or simply await
liberation so they can be free. Our Moura is the one from Castro de Negros (Pontevedra). She is a
young woman who lives deep within a mountain, taking human form during the day but
transforming into a fearsome serpent at night. The only way to free her is for a brave young man to
climb to the summit of the Castro on Saint John’s Night, where the Moura, in serpent form, arrives.
He must take a carnation from her mouth with his lips while she coils around his body.
Unfortunately, no one has ever succeeded—the fear overwhelms them, and they flee (sometimes
even falling off a cliff), thus perpetuating the curse.

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