Seis cuentos terroríficos inspirados en leyendas fantásticas: lo mejor del misterio y terror tradicional
Segundo título de la saga de ficción Legendarium dedicado al mundo imaginario de brujas, duendes y espíritus atormentados magníficamente narradas por sus múltiples autores: Javier Cosnava, María Delgado, Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso, Ana Morán, Gervasio López y Rubén Serrano. Todos ellos logran entretener, perturbar y divertir al lector con estas nuevas mentiras literarias que recuperan el origen etimológico de la palabra leyenda: obras para ser leídas. De entre todas las regiones de la península ibérica, donde mayor importancia y arraigo presentan las leyendas, a razón de un fuerte y tradicional componente mistérico y supersticioso en la sociedad, es en las regiones de la cornisa cantábrica.“Six horror-filled tales inspired by fantastic legends: the best mixture of mystery and traditional horror fiction.”This is the second volume of the Legendarium series, with this edition dedicated to the imaginary world of witches, goblins, and tormented spirits. Comprised of stories from Javier Cosnava, María Delgado, Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso, Ana Morán, Gervasio López and Rubén Serrano, this book will entertain and scare the reader with new literary inventions that borrow from the true meaning of the word “legend”: works to be read.Legends are active testimonies of history and popular knowledge presented in folkloric form. Within the Iberian Peninsula, the regions of Cantabria traditional give greatest importance to this type of storytelling. Legends of figures such as “meigas,” “anxeliños,” “trasgos,” “sorginas,” “basiliscos,” “corujas,” lovers condemned to be apart, and tormented spirits that ramble through parts of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, and Basque Country form part of this regional mythology. The authors of this compilation of stories are well versed in these classic tales as they have used their essence to rewrite them in an updated and fresh manner—all in the hopes of gaining new readership for this folkloric tradition.
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