September is a threshold month: mild afternoons may linger, but nights grow longer and the rains return. Autumn arrives in the mountains before it reaches the sea. The countryside does not change all at once; every crop and valley follows its own calendar.

The month: gather, store, give thanks

Some areas gather fruit and prepare autumn work; elsewhere, the season follows a different rhythm. There is no single Asturian harvest that defines September. Many tasks do share the idea of saving for later: preserving food, caring for tools and recognising the work that made them possible.

The voice of the cave: the Cuélebre

The Cuélebre is a creature in Asturian legends, like a great winged serpent or dragon. In some stories it guards treasures or hidden places. Imagine a cave whose entrance no one dares to cross: the tale says the Cuélebre lives there and turns a corner of the landscape into a mystery. Details vary from one story to another.

Here we use the guardian as an image of what we want to preserve: nature, food and stories. That is our interpretation, not a proven historical role of the character.

Edrinios, an uncertain name

Edrinios appears in the Coligny calendar, a Gaulish inscription found in France. Some interpretations connect it with heat, but there is no certainty that it means September. Its link with the Cuélebre is a contemporary literary association.