güestia

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • güesti
  • güeste
  • güéstiga (Llanes)
  • güéstigue (Llanes)
  • guóstica (Cabrales)
  • güéstida (Llanes)

Noun

güestia f (plural güesties)

  1. (Asturian mythology) night procession of ghosts or lost souls, similar to the Galician santa compaña and Castilian estantigua.
  2. (Asturian mythology) ghost, spirit