First,
before to narrate my favorite myth, Im gonna tell what is San Juan de la Costa.
Well, San Juan de la Costa is a commune situated next to the commune of Osorno,
in the Region de Los Lagos, and it has the feature of be a lot of little towns
that are next to the sea. This myth is told in Pucatrihue, one of these little
towns. The myth talks about the "Grandad" Huentellao, who was an
habitant of the Huilliche's community that lived -and yet live- in that zone,
and that one day left his house to visit the sea, and never came back to home;
his son, worried for his dad, went to the sea and saw to him sat on the sand
with a blond hair woman, and asked to him why he didn't come back to home, and
he answered that the sea was his new home, and right away walked toward a rock
in the sea; more worried yet, the son followed to him to the rock and when he
arrived "Taita Huentellao" said to his woman that seek water to
cooking, but past a time, she didn't get back, and the Grandad told to his son
that she had to return to his home: the sea. After that time, nobody saw to
Taita Huentellao again, and the myth say that the woman for thank that
Huentellao decided lives in the sea, she garantized prosperity in
sea food to the community of Pucatrihue, and until today, one time in the year,
the Huilliche’s community go to the rock and do offers to Huentellao for thus
have good fishing.
This
myth you can see in Wikipedia, but is a little diferent of my version, because
I told you that I remember.
Hi Matias, I didn't know about this myth, but I think It's important to talk about local myths :)
ResponderEliminarVery interesting, I love to listen to people from rural areas telling you about the stories and myths from the region
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