Tunda

deity forest Afro-Colombian community of the Chocó department single tradition · 2

The Tunda is a vicious woman who sucks the blood of men. La Tunda's shape-shifting abilities are far from perfect, as whatever form she assumes will invariably have a wooden leg in the shape of a molinillo (wooden whisk). The monster is very cunning and adept at concealing this defect from would-be victims.

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Relationships

co occurs with
Matlacihua, Sayona
cognate of
Patasola

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Sources

wikipedia (2)

Source passages

“There are legendary creatures that bear a resemblance to the Patasola in other Latin American countries, such as the Tunda myth of the Colombian Pacific region which also tells of a vicious woman who sucks the blood of men. However, in this legend, "La Tunda's shape-shifting abilities are far from perfect”

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“The Tunda (Spanish: La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador, and particularly in the Afro-Colombian community of the Chocó department, about a shapeshifting entity resembling a human woman that lures people into the forests and keeps them there.”

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