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Atlas NoctisA nocturnal atlas of folklore

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Guatemala

One entry in one subarea: 1 at grade B. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

the Guatemalan highlands, from the capital to Sacatepéquez and Amatitlán; the same figure in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
BEl CadejoGuatemala — the Guatemalan highlands, from the capital to Sacatepéquez and Amatitlán; the same figure in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Guatemala documented in this atlas: El Cadejo. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (1 at grade B), with the sources it comes from.

El Cadejo B
The earliest printed descriptions disagree about the number and agree about everything else. Carlos Gagini, in 1892, makes it 'un enorme perro negro, de ojos encendidos y pelo largo y envedijado' which at the late hours of the…

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