Case file · Folklore / legend

La Mocuana of Sébaco, Nicaragua

Nicaraguan legend tells of the daughter of an Indigenous chief who fell in love with a Spanish soldier, was betrayed and locked in a cave on a hill near Sébaco, and now lures travellers into the hills. The date is approximate, from the colonial setting.

1600 CE · 12.85, -86.10 · status: legend

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (es): La Mocuana
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