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Colombian Folklore

Colombian Folklore. Women in Myths. Tunda is a shape shifting monster that pretends to be your loved-ones, lures you into a forest and keeps them there

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Colombian Folklore

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  1. Colombian Folklore

  2. Women in Myths • Tunda is a shape shifting monster that pretends to be your loved-ones, lures you into a forest and keeps them there • Patasola is also a shape shifting monster that is beatiful woman that lures men into the forest and then changes into her true form: a hideous one-legged monster that eats human flesh

  3. More Women in Myths • La Llorona was a beautiful woman named Maria who killed her children by drowning them in order to be with the man that she loved, but he rejected her. After being rejected by her lover, she killed herself. When Maria reached the gates of heaven, she was asked, "Where are your children?" and she replied, "I don't know, my Lord." She was not permitted to enter heaven until she found her children. She now wanders the Earth for all eternity, searching in vain for her drowned offspring. Her constant weeping is the reason for her name, La Llorona. In some cases, according to the tale, she will kidnap wandering children or children who disobey their parents.

  4. La Llorona

  5. Men in Myths • Hombre Caiman, or Alligatorman, that has both human and alligator characteristics. He was a fisherman converted by the spirit of the Magdalena River into an alligator that returns once a year to hunt human victims.

  6. More Men In Myths • The Virunus or Mandingas (the Evil One) is a representation of Satan. He appears as a handsome man who steals the souls of the people.

  7. Creatures in Myths The Mohan steals young women, and holds them captive in a cave-like grotto in the bottom of the great jungle rivers. In other versions, it is depicted as the spirit of an old Indian, very brawny and stout, with a terrifying grin and stare, having also more than human stature and proportions, who steals the fisherman's bait, catch or nets, and as having the power to change shape into a cat-like beast.

  8. More Creatures in Myths • The evil chicken ("pollomaligno") is a n evil spirit of the forest in the form of a bird that haunts the hunters, attracting them to the deepest forest in order to devour them.

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