Lenda do Lobisomem - Vouzela, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tmob
N 40° 40.836 W 008° 09.726
29T E 570808 N 4503639
Even today some people think that a werewolf sleeps in this cave
Waymark Code: WMCFY6
Location: Viseu, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/03/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member monkeys4ever
Views: 6

The following can be read in a plaque near the cave:

«A Lenda do Lobisomem

Reza a lenda que em noites de lua cheia o lobisomem percorre as ruelas graníticas da povoação de Cambra, caçando quem apanhar desprevenido. As portadas das janelas fecham-se e as crianças escondem-se debaixo das mantas quando ouvem o tropel das suas patas da calçadas. Mas que monstro é este que assim apavora as noites enluaradas?

Acontece que nas famílias da região, nas mais numerosas, era costume haver 7, 8, 9 e mais filhos... Se, ao chegar ao sétimo filho, nascesse uma menina havia que chamar-lhe Custódia ou Benta e se fosse menino havia que pôr-lhe o nome de Bento ou Custódio.

Mas, nem todos se lembravam ou acreditavam na maldição e assim lá lhe davam outro nome. Então, em todas as noites de lua cheia, essa criança, ao chegar à idade de adolescente sofria uma terrível transformação; cresciam-lhe os dentes e as orelhas, as unhas transformavam-se em garras e o corpo ficava coberto de pêlo negro e hirsuto... os olhos chamejantes vasculhavam o escuro, saltava de casa para fora, procurava as vítimas indefesas, caçava-as e depois arrastava-as para o seu esconderijo; uma gruta, na margem do rio Couto, perto da velha torre onde as devorava sofregamente! Testemunho disso são os ossos que por ali se iam encontrando e as paredes enfarruscada da cova onde, nas noites mais frias, o monstro acendia uma fogueiras para se aquecer.»

«Legend of the Werewolf

Legend says that in the nights of Full moon the werewolf goes through the granitic streets of the village of Cambra, hunting anyone caught off guard. The shutters of the windows are closed and the children hide under the blankets when they hear the clatter of their feet of sidewalks. But what is this monster that so terrifies the full moon nights?

It turns out that families in the region, the most numerous, it was customary to have 7, 8, 9 and more children ... If, on reaching the seventh child, it was born a girl they had to call her Benta or Custódia and if it was a boy they had put him the name of Bento or Custódio.

But not everyone remembered or believed in the curse and so there gave him another name. So, in every night of full moon, this child, upon reaching the age of teenager suffered a terrible change, growing her teeth and ears, nails turned into claws and the body was covered with black hair... fiery eyes searched the dark, jumped out of the house, looking for helpless victims, hunted them and then dragging them to their hideout, a cave, on the side of River Couto, near the old tower, where they were eagerly devoured! Testament to this are the bones that were lying around there, and the dark walls of the cave where, on the coldest nights, the monster a light a fire to keep him warm.»

What's the Real Story?:
There is actually a cave, some bones were probably found there, and it definitely provided shelter


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