"Little Green Dwarfs" in Spanish-Speaking Folklore

Factual Questions
1

I was listening to the Latin music station on XM last night, and between songs the host came on and spoke in Spanish (as he always does). I know quite a bit of Spanish, but not nearly enough to keep up with a speaker speaking in his normal voice. Basically I can pick up random words here and there.

Which is why I was a little taken aback when I caught the words “enanos verdes,” which means “little green dwarfs.” And yes, I’m absolutely sure he said “enanos verdes”; he chuckled a little after he said it.

Unfortunately, I can give you no more context than that. I suspected there was some kind of holiday afoot whose mythos involves enanos verdes, just like the US holiday Christmas involves elves. But that’s just a guess.

Can anyone help me out here? Is August 11th a holiday of some kind in some Spanish-speaking place, and green dwarfs somehow factor into it?

2

Pity.

If the host had said Enanitos Verdes he would probably have been referring to the Latin music band of the same name.

3

My mistake. :smack:

Enanitos Verdes IS what he said.

Thanks for the link!

4

Or maybe you heard him right, and he was making a reference to the legendary Green Children of Banjos (which is in Spain). :wink:

5

If you change one letter in Enanitos Verdes you get Little Green Wankers.

6

This is a little like asking about the significance of “beetles” in English-speaking folklore based on snippets overheard on the radio. :wink: