Case file · Folklore / legend
Nuberu, the storm-maker
The Asturian Nuberu, an old man in a broad hat who drives storm clouds and destroys crops, was recorded by Aurelio de Llano in Del folklore asturiano (1922).
1922 CE · 43.36, -5.85 · status: legend
The account
Villagers rang church bells and lit blessed candles to drive him off; in Galicia the nubeiros played the same role and priests were asked to 'conjure' the clouds.