Case file · Folklore / legend
Jasy Jatere, the siesta spirit
Jasy Jatere is a small, fair-haired spirit with a golden staff who wanders at siesta time; children who stray out at midday may be lured away by him, sometimes with honey.
1929 CE · -25.50, -56.45 · status: legend
The account
He is the only one of Tau and Kerana's seven sons not depicted as a monster. Lost children found disoriented in the woods were said to have been taken by him. The year marks Colmán's 1929 publication of the Tau and Kerana cycle; the pin marks the Guairá countryside.
The sceptical view
A cautionary figure that kept children indoors in the heat of the day.