Latin American folklore
21 entries in the Latin American Folklore compendium.
Latin American folkloreFolk traditions blending Iberian, Indigenous, African, and Asian roots.Ayvu RapytaFoundational work on Mbyá Guaraní myths and language.Baile de la ConquistaA Guatemalan dance reenacting the Spanish conquest and conversion.CalafiaFictional warrior queen and namesake of California.ChacareraArgentine folk dance and music from Santiago del Estero.Chasca (Salvadoran folklore)A tragic water spirit known as the virgin of the water.Roberto Cofresí in popular cultureRomanticized Puerto Rican pirate of the 19th century.CostumbrismoLiterary and pictorial interpretation of Hispanic local customs.CuranderoTraditional healer blending indigenous and Catholic practices.Francisco el HombreLegendary Vallenato juglar who defeated the devil in a piqueria.GüijesMischievous freshwater spirits of Cuban folklore.Hormigueros, Puerto RicoTown and municipality in western Puerto Rico, known for its basilica.Island of CaliforniaA centuries-old cartographic error depicting California as an island.Latin American childloreLatin American childlore remains less studied than European counterparts.María LionzaCentral figure of a syncretic Venezuelan new religious movement.Our Lady of SuyapaPatroness of Honduras, venerated as a small cedar statue.Sierra de la PlataA mythical silver mountain that drove South American exploration.Tecun UmanLast K'iche' Maya ruler slain by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.The Vain Little MouseA folktale about a mouse and her suitors, with many variants.Virgin of OcotlánPatroness of Tlaxcala and Puebla, crowned in 1909.XtabayDemonic femme fatale of Yucatec Maya folklore.
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