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of old Galician deities
O
Pindo village fits along the narrow coastal line traced by earth
and ocean. San Pedro's beach and a small sheltered harbour are next
to the houses. Next to O Pindo, in Quilmas, the Normans
repaired their damaged ships in their warring incursions through
Galicia.
The Monte
Pindo is considered the Galician Celtic Olympus for its
foggy legend. Its rough relief is covered with mysterious and fantastic
shapes with thousands of pink granite rocks. When travelling in
Galicia, Father Sarmiento heard that Pindo' herbs healed most of
the illnesses, and that people practiced there fertility rites.
Even though the Pindo's inaccessibility made
people believe that Galician gods lived in its foggy summit, its
labyrinthine rocks were refuge for the republican guerilla during
and after the Spanish War of 1936.
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