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Legend of San Mamede and the wolf

Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

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Legend of San Mamede and the wolf

Curiosity · Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

Image of Montederramo, not of the place itself.

Tradition tells that the hermit who gives the hill its name hauled the stone of his chapel, on top of the range, with a cart drawn by tamed deer — stags in some versions, two trained roe deer in others — and that when a wolf devoured one of them he yoked it in its place until the work was finished.

Photo: Wamba Wambez (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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