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A Ciguapa (pronounced see-GWAH-pah) [citation needed] is a mythological creature of Dominican Republic folklore. They are commonly described as having human female form with brown or dark blue skin, backward facing feet, [ 1 ] and very long manes of smooth, glossy hair that covers their bodies.
Cuentan que las ciguapas tienen un corazón cazador, y que salen por las noches de las serranías en busca de algún caminante nocturno al que embruja , ama y luego mata. Al decir de las leyendas las ciguapas tienen malas costumbres; estas salen de sus moradas a robar manteca y carne cruda de las cocinas, aunque afirman que les gusta el maíz y ...
The Cegua, La Sihuehuet or Siguanaba, Cigua or Siguanaba is a supernatural character from Central American folklore, though it can also be heard in Mexico. It is a shapeshifting spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind.
Colson suffered economic hardships in Paris and sales of his works were minimal. [13] Following suggestions from Dominican writer Pedro Henríquez Ureña and Mexican poet Maples Arce, he left for Mexico in 1934 with hopes of improving his situation; there, Colson held a personal exhibition, sponsored by the Secretary of Education and began teaching at the Workers' School of Art. [14]
The black cadejo is malevolent and lures people to make bad choices. The black cadejo has glowing purple eyes and eats newborn babies. The book Los perros mágicos de los volcanes (Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes), by Manlio Argueta, describes the cadejos as mythical dog-like creatures that figure prominently in the folklore of El Salvador. They ...
Pistaku, Peruvian Retablo, Ayacucho. A pishtaco (in Northern Quechua "slaughterer, cutthroat"), ñaqaq (in Southern Quechua, similar meaning) or kharisiri (in Aymara,"slaughterer") is a folkloric boogeyman figure in the Andes region of South America, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, which extracts the fat of its victims.