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Spanish-language Latin American legendary creatures (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Latin American legendary creatures" This category contains only the following page.
Latin American folklore is the study of the informal beliefs, customs and cultural traditions common in the countries in Latin America. For ancient folklore and myths of Latin America, see Category:Native American religion .
The Tunda (La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific Region of Colombia, and particularly popular in the Afro-Colombian community, about a vampire-like doppelganger monster woman; The Patasola or "one foot" is one of many myths in Latin American folklore about woman monsters from the jungle.
Conversely, in some Latin American cultures, duendes are believed to lure children into the forest. In the folklore of the Central American country of Belize , particularly amongst the country's African/ Island Carib -descended Creole and Garifuna populations, duendes are thought of as forest spirits called " Tata Duende " who lack thumbs. [ 6 ]
The carbuncle is a stock monster character in the Final Fantasy series of RPG game-playing, and "appears as a small creature, fox- or squirrel-like, with green or blue fur, depending on the game". [14] It also appeared in the game MadÅ Monogatari and Puyo Puyo, the latter having reused many of the monster characters from the former. [14]
The myth of the Coco, or Cucuy, originated in northern Portugal and Galicia. According to the Real Academia Española, the word coco derives from the Galician and Portuguese côco, which means "coconut". [2] The word coco is used in colloquial speech to refer to the human head in Spanish. [3] Coco also means "skull". [4]
Latin American horror haunts visitors at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights in a new monstrous haunted house.
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