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The gualgura is an Ecuadorian legend. It is a black chick that has an attractive voice and appears innocent. But when it decides to attack, it transforms into a man with a thick voice that convinces and hypnotizes people, leaving them unconscious or dead.
Costa Rica has several variations of the myth, depending on the region. In San Ramón, Alajuela Province, the legend goes that in 1845, a priest named Father Luis Francisco Pérez won 40,000 gold coins while gambling. He then traveled to Nicaragua, and entrusted his gold to his brother. Father Pérez was decapitated while in Nicaragua, and when ...
La Tulevieja (also spelled Tulivieja), is a legendary figure from Costa Rican and Panamanian folklore. She is a ghost who wears a distinctive hat called a tule.
The Tunda (Spanish: La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador, [1] and particularly in the Afro-Colombian community of the Chocó department, [2] about a shapeshifting entity resembling a human woman that lures people into the forests and keeps them there.
This legend may have originated from the vampire bat, an animal endemic to the region. [21] In the Philippines the Sigbin shares many of the chupacabra's descriptions. "Grunches" is a legend in New Orleans that gets its name from a lovers' lane called Grunch Road, between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Que Viene el Coco (1799) by Goya. The Coco or Coca (also known as the Cucuy, Cuco, Cuca, Cucu, Cucuí or El-Cucuí) is a mythical ghost-like monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in Spain and Portugal.
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Costa Rica ratified the convention on 23 August 1977. [3] It has four World Heritage Sites and one site on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Costa Rica listed was the Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park, in 1983. In 1990, the site was expanded to include the sites across the border in Panama.