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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 ...
Mythical characters related to water: the Siguanaba, the Managuas, the Tepehuas (also known as arbolarios or hurracaneros), the Llorona, Chasca, the virgin of water, the Cuyancua, the golden crab. Goblins and other mythical characters: Cipitio , the Cadejo , the Dwarf , the Fair Judge of the Night, the Black Knight , the Squeaky Wagon, the ...
Some residents from the neighborhoods of La Recolección and Parroquia Vieja say he still wanders at nights when there is a full moon. El Sombrerón is one of the most important legends of Guatemala, along with La Llorona, Cadejo, and Siguanaba.
A variant of this legend is known in San Jerónimo as "Sipac and the Three Spirits of Corn" ("Sipac y los Tres Espíritus del Maíz") and in Purulhá as "Sipac, The Powerful" ("Sipac, El Poderoso"). In San Miguel Chicaj, there is a legend that tells of the struggle between the snake, the angel of lightning, and the spirit of corn.
Variations of the name Baba Yaga are found in many Slavic languages.In Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian and Bulgarian, baba means 'grandmother' or 'old woman'. In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one that is old, dirty or foolish.
According to legend, the imbunche is a first-born child less than nine days old that was kidnapped by, or sold by their parents to, a Brujo Chilote (a type of warlock of Chiloé). If the baby had been christened , the warlock debaptizes them through unknown means of black magic.