Posted by admin | Posted in Peru | Posted on 01-04-2011
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Does anyone know a myth or legend that originated in Peru?
[Quote] The Tunchi This is one of the spirits that protect the forest and more specifically it says that is the spirit of the people who had their last breath inside the jungle. The technique Tunchi to whistle a tune is determined always the same short melody, and if interrupted by whistling the melody itself, the spirit appears, his wrath will fall upon you and terrorize you. If you are in good behavior and respect nature by not damage the flora and fauna, The Tunchi just scares you a little and move on. However, if you cut the trees as if there morning, polluting the air or move animals from their habitat, then watch out and keep in mind! The best advice that even the locals are religiously is not responding to the whistle, thus not giving you the opportunity to "play" with you. [End Quote Source]: http://journalperu.com/?p=536 There are several other if you follow the link was only an example. [Quote] Lake-Worship in Peru to Lake Titicaca, Peruvians believed that the inhabitants of the earth, animals and men has been captured by the operator, and the district was sacred in the eyes. The town of Callao called Mamacota (mother of water), because they furnished food supplies. Two idols were associated with the cult. Copacahuana call was made from a blue-green stone shaped fish with a human head, and was placed in a position command on the shores of the lake. Upon arrival of the Spanish so deeply rooted worship of the goddess could only suppress the elevate the image of the Virgin in place of the idol. The Christian emblem remains to this day. Mamacota was revered as the giver of fish, with which the lake abounded. The other image, Copacati (snake stone), represented incorporated the element of water in the lake itself in the form of a crowned image of snakes in the United States are almost always symbolic of water. [End quote] Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/mmp/mmp6.htm There is much more to look at the source.
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