legends
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Archeology
A Reflexion On Our Heritage
Heritage is the inheritance of material and immaterial goods that our parents and ancestors have left us throughout our history…
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Story
The Rumula, The Devil’s Mule
In the Amazon, you find myths and legends of terrifying creatures.These stories have been passed on by word of mouth…
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Folklore
The Legend of Where Potatoes Came From
An old tale says that God had pity on a community that was oppressed by the growers of quinoa. To…
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Folklore
Quyllur Rit’i and its Condemned Ones (Condenados)
I walked rapidly, because I was hungry, to the San Pedro Market, four blocks from Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas, its…
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Guardian and Terror of the Forests, the Chullachaqui
The chullachaqui is a personage from our myths and legends about the forests. He is both a guardian and a…
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Literature
The Condemned Roam the High Mountains of Peru
The condemned wanderers, the ones we call condenados, are very famous in legends from many of Peru’s communities. Some people…
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Sometimes Maria Angola Sings and Sometimes She Cries
When a country is rich in traditions, myths, and legends, sometimes these get confused with reality. Thousands of legends have…
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Literature
Incas Work the Night on a River above Cuzco
In a place of sleeping rocks, the Miskawara River runs. Hills surround it and if one looks closely one can…
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Customs
The Legend of Saqsayhuaman’s Tunnel or Chincana.
Throughout the history of Cuzco first the chroniclers and then ethnohistorians have mentioned the belief that uzco is underlain by…
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Customs
Pisac and the Legend of the Enchanted Princess
In the memory of the traditional town of Pisac, a picturesque place in the Sacred Valley of ancient customs, lives…
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