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The Siguanaba is sometimes viewed as a naked woman combing her hair. In Guatemala the Sihuanaba is known as La Siguanaba; she is known as Cigua in Honduras, Ciguanaba in El Salvador and as Cegua in Costa Rica. Although the name varies from place to place, the appearance and actions of the Sihuanaba remain unchanged. [11]
Cipitio is a legendary character from Salvadoran folklore revolving around the Siguanaba and cadejo legends. He is generally portrayed as an 8- to 10-year-old boy with a large conical hat and a pot-belly. His name is taken from the Nahuatl word for child: cipit or cipote. Some also relate his name to the deity Xipe Totec.
The white cadejos are benevolent and eat bell-like flowers that only grow on volcanoes. The white cadejo protects people, including drunks, vagabonds, and people with grudges from all evil footsteps, even La Siguanaba, and bad choices, which are sometimes caused by the cruel black cadejo. The black cadejo is malevolent and lures people to make ...
Mytos y leyendas de los Aztecas, Incas, Mayas y Muiscas (Myths and Legends from the Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and Muisca). Fondo de Cultura Económica. México. ISBN 968-16-0581-0. Perez Reguera García, Alejandra (2002). Pérez Reguera M. de E. Alfonso. México, nación de mítos, valores y símbolos (Mexico: Nation of Myths, Values and Symbols ...
The Muan, Moan or Mohan (moo-ahn), sometimes also known as Poira, is a name applied to several mythological or otherwise supernatural creatures in South and Central American folklore.
Effigy of The Silbón in the theme park la Venezuela de Antier. El Silbón (The Whistler) is a legendary figure in Colombia [citation needed] and Venezuela, associated especially with Los Llanos region, usually described as a lost soul. The legend arose in the middle of the 19th century.
Timeless Stories of El Salvador is a series of fairytales and legends by Salvadoran author Federico Navarrete.The first volume was published in 2020 in Łódź, Poland, and the second was published in 2022 in Madrid, Spain.
In the 2019 novel Nuestra parte de noche (translated to English in 2022 by Megan McDowell) by Mariana Enriquez who is based on Buenos Aires imbunche are mentioned. The main character, Juan, describes children who look like imbunche that are kept in a cave then saying “He turned back, ready to confront Mercedes, who was waiting for him at the ...