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| - The monuca is a legendary animal in the mythology of Cantabria. It is similar to Marten or weasel, with certain feline traits. His fur is multicolored being his white head; body colors red, blue and black and the tail Purple. It is a fierce and thankless task, animal that is born every elevenyears during the spring from a cross between amale cat and a Marten female with which similar great guard. Blind and withoutcolor at birth, his birth takes place in a cave, who abandons shortly after birth and roams the woods for several days until it is able to see. It is then when decides to return to his den to kill his mother. When the father discovers what he has done the monuca,will be in his quest to kill her. Since it definitely leaves its nest, the monuca took refuge near the rivers to its peculiar colour, feeding in the meadows of grasshoppers and doves hunts, as well as blood that sucks to lambs and kids. When five years its size prevents him from running or climbing trees by what just being hunted by the Wildcat that avenging the death of the rámila, blind leaves it to its fate. Thus themonuca ends his days despeñada or hunted by a wild animal. The monucas want the men, so the man who catches one and take it home is lucky for life. However, they hate women, whom spider face and tries to get the eyes, as he did with his mother, before escaping.
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