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She then died of her injuries and now haunts the forests and mountain ranges. In a third origin story, she was an unfaithful wife who cheated on her husband with the couple's employer, a patron. Upon discovering her infidelity, the jealous husband murdered both her and the patron. She died but her soul remains in a one-legged body.
Pages in category "Indigenous South American legendary creatures" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A duende, according to the Chamorro-English Dictionary by Donald Topping, Pedro Ogo and Bernadita Dungca, is a goblin, elf, ghost or spook in the form of a dwarf, a mischievous spirit which hides or takes small children. Some believe the Duende to be helpful or shy creatures, while others believe them to be mischievous and eat misbehaving children.
His wounds were then cleaned with alcohol, chili peppers, and lemon juice, a sack full of his father’s remains was placed on his wounded back, and he was released with his grandfather’s two rabid, starving dogs set upon him. Before releasing him, his grandfather condemned him to carry the bones of his father for all eternity. [2]
Lencan mythology – a Central American people of southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. Maya mythology – an ancient Central American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Olmec religion – an ancient Central American people of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.