Still in the 6th Century, bishop San Martín de Braga complained in his work De correctione rusticorum about the attachment of the Galician peasants to the pre-Christian cults: "Many demons, who were expelled from the heavens, settled in the sea, in the rivers, fountains and forests, and have come to be worshipped as gods by ignorant people.
Endnu i det 6. århundrede beklagede biskoppen San Martin af Braga sig i sit arbejde De correctione rusticorum over de galiciske bønders bundethed til prækristne kulter: "Mange dæmoner, som var uddrevet fra himlen, slog sig ned i havet, i floderne, kilderne og skovene, og de er blevet tilbedt som guder af uvidende mennesker.