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In Belizean and Honduran folklore, the Sisimito (alternatively called Sisimite, Sisimita, Súkara, and Itacayo) is a bipedal upright gorilla-like creature that possesses a head much like a human, with long hair or fur covering its body.
The Dugu is an ancient extended funerary ceremony (in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua it is also known as the 9 nights ceremony) practiced by the Garifuna people. The Garifuna is a small-to-medium-sized Central American ethnic group that has inhabited many Central American countries such as Guatemala , Belize and Honduras since the 17th ...
The story found in the Panchatantra relates how a mouse drops from the beak of a bird of prey into the hands of a holy man, who turns it into a girl and brings her up as his own. Eventually he seeks a powerful marriage for her but discovers at each application that there is one more powerful: thus the cloud can cover the sun, the wind blows the ...
see Cadejo 1. A supernatural character from Central American and southern Mexican folklore. 2. 2. The tale of the mythical creature with which parents threatened their children not to misbehave. La Mula Herrada (the shod mule) see La Mula Herrada A story of an apparition of a hellish mule accompanied by the dragging sound of a horse shoe. El Bulero (the shoeshine man) see El Bulero The ...
Folklore has served as a vulcanizing agent to create a new form of literature that is unique to the Caribbean, a literature that includes the soul and spirit of a region and its people. [4] Many Caribbean societies have a history of colonialism , slavery , outside influences, and the struggles for independence. [ 5 ]
Trentren was a hall and also a good spirit which helped people. Caicai was a sea bird, an evil spirit, who used to harm people. One day Caicai decided to wipe out all the Mapuche and caused the sea to rise until the land was flooded. Many people managed to climb Trentren with their animals, and the wild animals followed.
Meitei folklore The Meitei folktales ( Meitei : Meitei Phunga Wari ), also sometimes referred to as the Manipuri folktales , are the large collections of folk stories developed from the Meitei culture since Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur ).
The man goes fishing in the sea, and his wife, back home, forgets his warnings and joins her sisters for some swinging. However, as the girl is playing in the swing, the rope cuts off and she is flung away into the sea. When she emerges, she swims to a deserted island (padarai). There, she wishes for her house to appear next to her, and it ...