{"id":2469,"date":"2011-03-11T14:56:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T19:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2011-03-11T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T19:57:38","slug":"xana-una-hada-del-bosque-asturiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/xana-una-hada-del-bosque-asturiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Xana, una hada del bosque asturiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our childhood fairytales are full of misterious and magical creatures. If you were born in Asturias, one of them would be the Xana. The origin of this word is unknown, but some scholars find its roots in allusions to the Roman goddess Diana. Peasants find xanas next to rivers, waterfalls, fountains, or places with fresh water in the forest. The Xana is a fairy nymph of extraordinary beauty, with long blond hair she loves to brush with a golden or silver comb made of sun or moonbeams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Xanas can show very different moods towards humans, depending on the adventures they are involved in. As we have mentioned, one of their favorite activities is to brush their long hair with a golden comb, which can make humans greedy and try to steal it. That would be fateful, because the Xana in anger will probably curse them, or transform them into an animal.<br \/>\nThese forest fairies have children too, xaninos, but as they can&#8217;t feed them (because they don&#8217;t produce milk), they exchange them for human babies, leving xaninos in their cradles in the same way as cuckoos do with their eggs. The peasant mother will only realize it when she sees the baby grows up too quickly. In order to uncover the trick she will put a pot and some egg shells near the fire, and, if the baby is a xan\u00edn, he will say, &#8220;I was born one hundred years ago, and since then I have not seen so many egg shells near the fire!&#8221;<br \/>\nBut Xanas can also be very kind with humans, and playful. Do you know what their favorite game is? Bowling! Not only do they play, but their bowls are also made of gold, and maybe this is one of the treasures they hide.<br \/>\nBeing magical creatures as they are, they can also be enchanted. Xanas can be hostages of dreadful monsters such as the Cuelebre, a type of big serpent with bat wings, hard scales, and a long tail. So if you help her to break the spell, you will be greatly rewarded with all the golden objects she treasures. The night of the 23rd of June is the magical night when Xanas are always seen, and a good opportunity to help them and get their favors.<br \/>\nWhen a Xana is happy, her voice can be heard in spring and summer nights. If you have a good soul, you will feel immediately a sense of peace and love within yourself. But if your soul is dirty, you can even be driven mad!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u273f Las Xanas! Mitolog\u00eda Asturiana! \u273f\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/erUN19sPbp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Los cuentos de nuestra infancia est\u00e1n llenos de criaturas m\u00e1gicas y misteriosas. Si naciste en Asturias, uno de ellos ser\u00eda la Xana. El origen de esta palabra es desconocido, aunque algunos expertos encuentran su ra\u00edz en alusiones a la diosa romana Diana. Los campesinos encuentran a las Xanas cerca de r\u00edos, cascadas, fuentes o lugares con agua pura en el bosque. La Xana es una ninfa de belleza extraordinaria, con cabellos largos y rubios que peina con cepillo de oro o de plata, hechos de rayos de sol o de luna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Las Xanas pueden mostrar diferentes comportamientos con los humanos, seg\u00fan las aventuras en que se vean envueltos. Como hemos dicho, una de sus actividades favoritas es cuidar su pelo con un cepillo de oro, lo que puede hacer sentir al humano avaro e intentar robarlo. Eso ser\u00e1 fat\u00eddico, porque la Xana, enfadada, lo maldecir\u00e1 probablemente, o lo transformar\u00e1 en un animal.<br \/>\nEstas hadas del bosque tambi\u00e9n tiene hijos, xaninos, pero ya que ellas no pueden alimentarlos (porque no tienen leche) los cambian por beb\u00e9s humanos, dejando a los caninos en las cunas de la misma forma que un cuco hace con sus huevos. La madre campesina solo se dar\u00e1 cuenta de esto cuando observe que el beb\u00e9 crece demasiado r\u00e1pido. Para descubrir el enga\u00f1o, pondr\u00e1 un cuenco y c\u00e1scaras de huevo cerca del fuego, y si el beb\u00e9 es un xan\u00edn, dir\u00e1: &#8220;Hace cien a\u00f1os que nac\u00ed y nunca tantos pucheros en la lumbre vi.&#8221;.<br \/>\nPero las Xanas pueden ser tambi\u00e9n muy amables con los humanos, y juguetonas. \u00bfSab\u00e9is cual es su juego favorito? \u00a1Los bolos! No solo juegan, sino que sus bolos est\u00e1n hechos de oro, y posiblemente sea este uno de los tesoros que esconden.<br \/>\nAunque son criaturas m\u00e1gicas, ellas tambi\u00e9n pueden ser hechizadas. Las Xanas pueden ser rehenes de monstruos horripilantes como el Cu\u00e9lebre, una especie de serpiente enorme con alas de murci\u00e9lago, fuertes escamas y una cola muy larga. As\u00ed que si las ayudas a romper el encantamiento, ser\u00e1s recompensado con todos los objetos de oro que atesoran. La noche del 23 de junio es la noche m\u00e1gica en que las Xanas siempre se ven, y una buena oportunidad de ayudarlas y ganarse sus favores.<br \/>\nCuando una Xana est\u00e1 contenta, su voz puede o\u00edrse en las noches de primavera y verano. Si tienes un alma buena, notar\u00e1s inmediatamente una sensaci\u00f3n de paz y amor en tu interior. Pero si tu alma est\u00e1 manchada, \u00a1puedes incluso volverte loco!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our childhood fairytales are full of misterious and magical creatures. If you were born in Asturias, one of them would be the Xana. The origin of this word is unknown, but some scholars find its roots in allusions to the Roman goddess Diana. 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