Case file · Folklore / legend

La Dama Tapada, Guayaquil

In colonial Guayaquil a veiled, elegant woman lured drunken men at midnight; when she lifted her veil they saw a skull and smelled death.

1700 CE · -2.19, -79.89 · status: legend

The account

Year approximate: the legend is placed in the eighteenth century.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (es): La Dama Tapada
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