I think there are as many versions of these stories in Galicia as their are people! We put these two scary Galician legends together from oral histories told to us by multiple people. If it isn't the story you remember being told as a child, that's the nature of legends. The truth is somewhere hidden between the versions.
la Santa Compaña is a good old-fashioned ghost story that predates Christianity. Similar stories exist in many other parts of the world...a procession of the dead (or undead) that are doomed to wander the world after midnight, lead by a poor mortal who is trapped by their spell.
I believe that Murder on the Camino is based on true events. The details are lost to history, but the event was notorious enough that the story was passed down through many unrelated families. We were told this story by multiple people who don't know each other, and there were striking similarities between the versions. What we do know is that along the Camino Primitivo route, a Templario killed a priest who was paid to hold a mass, but the priest refused to wait for the Knight's companion who needed to be at the service. This version is how we imagine that might have happened.
Santa Compaña victim: José Iglesias Perez
Santa Compaña souls:
Sarah Long Hendershot
Iago Viqueira Cajaraville
Cristina Viqueira Cajaraville
Maria Abel Suárez
María Mirella Cajaraville Da Pena
Ladies at the gate: Sarah Long Hendershot and Maria Abel Suárez
Pilgrims: Vanina Milena Álvarez Prado and Antonio Moar Pacheco
Knights Templar: Jorge Vilar and Iker from Rancho Chico [ Ссылка ]
The priest/El Cura: Iago Viqueira Cajaraville
MUSIC:
Atlantic Folk Trio: Kalon Breizhek "Corazón bretón" [ Ссылка ]
MarinaVM: [ Ссылка ]
Zeltia Irevire: "Irevire" [ Ссылка ]
Filmed in Galicia, Spain
Thank you to Fernando Fernández Salmonte, Luis y Sonia at Chimpos Costumes, Santiago
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