La Sucia
La Sucia is a ghost that appears in rivers, presumably to drunken and womanizing men.
If you haven't heard the song in her honor, I highly recommend it.
If you haven't heard the song in her honor, I highly recommend it.
The Silence of the night
This is a story my father told me years ago, it should be noted that he does not believe in ghosts.
My father and some colleagues were working late on a mountain, the night came with a thick fog (Marcala maybe?) Returning home they saw a person walking, due to the late hours they decided to ask for directions, so they made sure not to get lost ; In the distance they saw a man walking in the mist, when he called him he stopped and turned to see them, without saying anything they approached, but when they were 2 meters away the shadow faded, leaving only his boots on the ground.
One of his companions said that they had encountered the silence of the night.
The Lenca legend of Tangaloa
This story is located in Tangolona El Salvador, I have added it because it is part of the Lenca culture.
There was a boy who was gifted with great wisdom and powers, unfortunately, having many legs, his parents decided to hide him from the world.
As the years went by, the boy fell sick to death, before dying the Moon asked him if he had a wish; the boy said that he wanted to know the sea so the Moon turned him into an Octopus, now being a guardian in conjunction with Ti Tanawass (deity of the sea). This is why it is said that the Lencas do not consume octopuses.
Credits: huacal.blogspot.com
La Llorona
Especially known in Mexico, but the legend of her has spread to almost every corner of the Latin American Spanish-speaking, a woman who is left at the altar and who drowned her children, so at night she goes out to look for them with screams of grief.
The rubber mule
This legend tells that the indigenous people of Colomoncagua (formerly Moncagua) in the times of witches there was a rubber mule, which helped those who practiced magic, until it was stalked by the anti-witches, until they eliminated it, leaving the town enchanted.
Credits: Traditions and Legends of Honduras- Dr. Jesús Aguilar Paz
Fish rain
A story that has taken place in more than one country, but that has highlighted us in several international books, a curious phenomenon with more than one explanation, have you ever seen it? What is your theory?
The two orphans (Tawahka Legend)
I have heard the beginning of this story in other versions, two orphans look for food ending up in the devil's farm, the story continues with deceptions and the death of the devil, so they have to carry the ashes to the other side of the sea, choosing a Toad for the task, but failing along the way, releasing the demon's ashes like mosquitoes, leaving him "all stung." I recommend reading the full story.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com
The Golden Crocodile
Other similar legends:
-The legend of the Agua Sucia mine.
-Legend of the Mina Clavo Rico
-The legend of the Agua Sucia mine.
-Legend of the Mina Clavo Rico
It is said that near Trujillo, in the Piedra Blanca community, there was a cave where a golden crocodile lived, although this legend has been told in other communities such as El Corpus, Choluteca and in Llama, Santa Bárbara. Among the versions it is said that if you gave him an offering, you can get their tail, made of pure gold.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com.
The Legend of the Mermaid (Pech Story)
Legend has it that years ago there was a man who traveled along the Wampú River during the summer, until he reached "El Chorro" where people held a peculiar celebration.
A young man and an experienced woman were chosen to lead the assembly, where they prayed and asked the mermaids to have fish in the river and animals in the bush.
Part of the ceremony was to bring cocoa powder and yucca drink, which were dissolved in the water.
After fishing a banquet was held for the whole community.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com.
The rettery of Awas
In the Awas river there is a pool full of water lilies, the indigenous communities in the area call them '' The flowers of sleep '', because if you took one and kept it at home, you would sleep and never wake up again.
They say it is because there is a creature living in the pool, so they tell the travelers "Those flowers have an owner, do not cuts."
Credit: Indigenous Legends and Traditions - Pedro Aplicano Mendieta
The witch and the tailor
This story takes place in one of the most famous colonies of its time, La Leona; It is said that before a beautiful woman would appear and take away young men, make them intoxicated at a party and then stab them; supposedly the curse has already been broken thanks to a young man who escaped and but who went crazy to see "the dead."
Credits: The witch and the tailor - compilation by Jorge Montenegro, YouTube.
The golden crab (Miskito legend)
In one of the Miskito communities of Nicaragua, the legend is told of a boy who dreamed of his grandfather, guiding him through the waters to a great treasure, the boy fell into curiosity and followed the route of his dream, finding a golden crab with various gems, although when he took it out of the water, the crab became a stone that made noise, a chill ran through his body, fleeing as if he had done something wrong, never again claiming the riches.
Credits: Tales, legends and traditions indigenous people of the Nicaraguan Caribbean (Intercultural Notebook)
El Bulero / The Cursed Town
One of the stories that took years to reach a conclusion, it is said that years ago in Gracias, Lempira; A Bulero came to play cards with the mayor's wife, she winning enraged the seller by giving him a jacket, leaving her crying. The people in revenge persecuted him until they entered a church to kill him, beheading him and burning his head in oil.
The friars of the church launched a curse on the entire town, which supposedly caused earthquakes and the inability to grow economically.
Years later, the Priest Manuel de Jesús Subirana, who, moved by what happened, freed the town from the curse, but in exchange the settlers had to fulfill a condition; They were to exhume the corpses of those killed after the horrendous event and burn them in bonfires.
However, there are people who say that the curse still continues.
Credits: Traditions and Legends of Honduras- Dr. Jesús Aguilar Paz
Also at xplorhonduras.com
El sisimite, El Sisimique,Takaskró, Sismidu
This creature is one of the best known among the different legends, usually for its association with ape-men, dedicated to stealing women to reproduce.
However, in the Pech culture it goes further, coming to be considered as a type of owner of the mountains and their forests, feeding on berries and ash.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com
The legend of the sisimite in the Pech language- Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco Legends and traditions of Honduras- Jesús Aguilar Paz
The legend of the sisimite in the Pech language- Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco Legends and traditions of Honduras- Jesús Aguilar Paz
The Enlunada
In the small town of Auka, there was a 14-15 year old girl named Sinfonía, in her Miskita community there was a boy named Majao, who was her suitor. According to the tradition they had not "joined" because the time had not come (puberty) according to the moral code they could not have sexual relations until she "was born". One night with a full moon, she went crazy, acting like an animal, howling for her partner; her community does not attack her, since they say it is tradition, so the only thing that is expected of her is that the suitor take her away to "calm her cravings" for her.
Credits: Indigenous Legends and Traditions- Pedro Aplicano Mendieta
The church of Curaren
It is said that the town authorities made the contract with the devil and the Municipal Mayor signed it and sealed it with blood from his veins. The devil promised to build the church and deliver it completely plastered inside and out before the rooster said "Christ was born." The municipal authorities promised to deliver a certain number of unbaptized children to the devil annually.
The devil almost won, since he had thousands of demons in his charge that did the work for him; However, a grandmother had heard the deal, so she devised a way to deceive the devil, put a rooster in a box, showed him a lighted lamp that made him sing, believing the devil had already dawned, this frustrated one kicked him to the church, which they say their brand is still there.
The devil almost won, since he had thousands of demons in his charge that did the work for him; However, a grandmother had heard the deal, so she devised a way to deceive the devil, put a rooster in a box, showed him a lighted lamp that made him sing, believing the devil had already dawned, this frustrated one kicked him to the church, which they say their brand is still there.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com/ Pompilio Ortega
The Blood's fountain
In the extreme south of the department of Lempira, near the town of La Virtud, there is a cave that has a fountain of Blood, where dogs and vultures come to eat.
Samples were supposedly taken to the United States, but they have not been able to investigate since it decomposes quickly
Samples were supposedly taken to the United States, but they have not been able to investigate since it decomposes quickly
Credit: Indigenous Legends and Traditions - Pedro Aplicano Mendieta
Legend of Agáyuma (Garifuna Mermaid)
It is said that the Agáyuma is a mermaid of rivers and seas, preferring to take refuge in waterfalls, having the appearance of a beautiful woman with brown skin.
It is said that she appears in rivers wearing vegetation or in dreams. It is said that a young man once found one, but he fled while giving "a heavenly cry", the young man when he returned to his village did not eat, because his soul had become entangled in an aquatic plant, they had to return and throw themselves with their hiuruha about 20 times before she can get her spirit out.
It is said that she appears in rivers wearing vegetation or in dreams. It is said that a young man once found one, but he fled while giving "a heavenly cry", the young man when he returned to his village did not eat, because his soul had become entangled in an aquatic plant, they had to return and throw themselves with their hiuruha about 20 times before she can get her spirit out.
Her name comes from the word "akaiouman" that was used to refer to alligators or crocodiles.
Credit: publirutagt.com / deguste.com / Characters and Caricatures in Belize an Folklore- Belize UNESCO commission 1991.
Nikté-Ha (The Flower of Water)
It is said that in the Mayan world the vaporous Nikté-Ha was born, among a mattress of water lilies, which liked to go for a walk in the small lake.
However, her father did not like the inhabitants of the land to approach, that did not prevent the prince of Yojoa Canek.
She warned him that if he approached, her father would flood the surroundings.
You can imagine how it ended... people say this is one of the ways Yojoa's lake was born.
Credit: Mayan Legends - Pedro Aplicano Mendieta
Francisco Drake's Treasure / A Pirate's Treasure
By the year 1576, when Queen Elizabeth faced a battle against Spain, there was a pirate named Francisco Drake who was dedicated to looting all Spanish ships and unprotected ports, so he hid a large part of his fortune on the Isla del Tigre in the mermaid cave; The years passed until the First World War and an English Lord member of the British Embassy decided to go to investigate, staying alone on the island with his hammock, during the night he saw the spirit of a tycoon with outdated clothes walking in the water, when he decided to throw a rope at him, he only managed to get through it, discovering that it was a ghost.
Horrified, he told the story to everyone who would listen, without having found the treasure.
Horrified, he told the story to everyone who would listen, without having found the treasure.
Credits: legends of Honduras - Jesús Aguilar Paz / Patrios Lares - Pompilio Ortega
Roatán, Morat and Barbareta
This is one of the versions of the names of these three islands in the Atlantic, it is said that when the English pirates invaded these islands they were full of rats, so on the three islands they shouted expressions like "Rat Land !, More Rats and Barbar Rats !! " What would the names of the islands be? However, it is also stated that what the pirates saw were not rats, but that they were guatusas.
Credits: xplorhonduras.com
The Mayan legend of the Hummingbird
In Mayan mythology, many of the creatures were made of mud and corn, however to create the hummingbird there were no longer these elements, so they used a jade stone carving a very small arrow, when they blew it, it flew away, creating the "Xts' unu'um ". Being so beautiful and delicate, it was a mortal sin to catch one and it was also said that the hummingbird carries men's thoughts from here to there, so if someone wishes you well, the hummingbird will carry that wish to you.
Credits: hondurasisgreat.org
La Comitzahual, the white woman or Winged Tigress
200 years before the conquest, a mysterious white woman appeared, she had carried through the air a huge three-pointed stone, with which they had beaten her enemies.
She taught religion, so that they worship the Great Father and Great Mother.
Pictorial representations can be found in Morazán, department of El Salvador.
Credits: Notes for the history of Honduras (1899) -Robustiano Viera
The Indian and the Princess (Short version)
Once upon a time there was a rustic Indian who worked humbly in a kingdom, one day he decided to use his pay so that a wise old man would tell him stories.
He told her three stories:
He told her three stories:
"To whatever land you go, do what you see."
"The married woman, be careful"
"The poor man, do his errand."
"The married woman, be careful"
"The poor man, do his errand."
Each of the stories were actions that he had to do, the first thing was to do the same as the king's soldiers, by marching (in a very strange way) he made a princess laugh who had never laugh before.
So he married her, after that she tried to kill him with a beast, but he managed to defend himself against her with a machete.
Afterwards he went back to work humbly, but his boss didn't believe him that he was married to a princess, so they make a bet that he obviously wins.
Credits: Honduran Folk Basket- Lic Eduardo Sandoval
Traditions and Legends of Honduras- Dr. Jesús Aguilar Paz
The legend of the Colosuca
At the top of the Velasque there was a beautiful princess, good-hearted and cheerful; so kind that God was dedicated to talking to her.
As the years went by, she grew old and left alone, so she asked God for help with her land; God gave him an ear of corn and a handful of beans, "I will take care of you like birds, you must eat a grain of corn and a handful of beans every day."
But she could not contain herself and cooked the whole corn, filling her house with food; An angry God turned her into Colosuca, he always took care of her, but it is said that this is why these birds drink the rain and do not accept water from humans.
As the years went by, she grew old and left alone, so she asked God for help with her land; God gave him an ear of corn and a handful of beans, "I will take care of you like birds, you must eat a grain of corn and a handful of beans every day."
But she could not contain herself and cooked the whole corn, filling her house with food; An angry God turned her into Colosuca, he always took care of her, but it is said that this is why these birds drink the rain and do not accept water from humans.
There is also a ritual, available in Cervantes Virtual.
Credits: cervantesvirtual.com
