BY TRADITION

Galician folklore

1 record of Galician folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

Santa CompañaOmen · Galicia · SpainIn Galician tradition the Santa Compaña is a nocturnal procession of the dead along parish paths, often led by a living person with a cross or holy water. For some it remains a living folk belief, not a discarded ghost story.