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title: Guaxa
description: A malevolent being from Asturian tradition.
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<h2 id="guaxa">Guaxa</h2>

She is an old, wrinkled woman with a single tooth in her mouth and a repulsive appearance. Related to **vampires**, she is said to find ways to enter houses, even through the tiniest crack, in order to suck the blood of their inhabitants, especially children, repeating her visits until the victim dies.

The guaxa is an Asturian folkloric tradition.