cullebra diamán

Aragonese

FWOTD – 22 June 2018

Etymology

Literally: diamond snake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˌʎebɾa djaˈman/
• Syllabification: cu‧lle‧bra dia‧mán

Noun

cullebra diamán f

1. (Aragonese folklore) a large snake that carries a diamond on its head, which it uses to hypnotise its prey
   • Ósar Lerín Gabás, La cullebra diamán in May-June 2013, Fuellas, issue 215, page 31:

     Seguntes la tradizión que Simorra replega en el Pallars, la cullebra diamán saldría d’es güegos d’es pollos.

     According to the tradition that Simorra relates from Pallars, the diamond snake comes out of chicken eggs.