Case file · Folklore / legend
La Madremonte
The 'Mother of the Mountain', a moss-covered woman of Colombian forests who punishes unfaithful men, cattle thieves and those who move boundary fences, bringing floods and storms.
1900 CE · 5.07, -75.52 · status: legend
The account
Year approximate; she belongs to the Paisa folklore of Antioquia and Caldas and is related to forest-guardian figures across Latin America.