1. EL NUBERU
By Sarah Castro Núñez

2. EL NUBERU
• . “El nuberu” is the man from the
clouds. He has big ears, long arms,
and has one blind eye. He dresses in
animal fur (sheep or goat) ,and he
wears a funny hat.

3. EL NUBERU
El nuberu is a bad
person; he is the
king of the storms.
He is Zeus for the
Greek and Jupiter
for the old
Romans. He is very
well known in
Egypt, where he is
called John Billy
Goat.

4. EL NUBERU
• He usually creates winds and
storms all over Asturias. He moves
from one place to another riding on
the clouds.

5. EL NUBERU
• El nuberu is careless and sometimes he loses his
clouds and he has to stay in somebody else’s house.
If people are kind , el Nuberu will give them a good
crop and will kill all the snakes.
• But if you are not nice to el Nuberu, he will take
some snakes from his bag and will produce storms
and thunder on you.

6. EL NUBERU
• He gets up very early in the morning to
make storms and collect lizards. At lunch
time, he returns with his wife, and they
have lizards for dinner.

7. EL NUBERU
• El nuberu hates local priests because they
pray to eliminate him. That is why he
escapes from church bells or candles.

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