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Atlas NoctisA nocturnal atlas of folklore

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Venezuela

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 Venezuelan Llanos: the two earliest sources I have read, of 1952 and 1953, place him in certain districts of the states of Portuguesa and Barinas; later texts attest him in Apure and Guárico and in the Colombian Llanos Orientales (Casanare, Arauca, Meta)
BEl SilbónVenezuela — the Venezuelan Llanos: the two earliest sources I have read, of 1952 and 1953, place him in certain districts of the states of Portuguesa and Barinas; later texts attest him in Apure and Guárico and in the Colombian Llanos Orientales (Casanare, Arauca, Meta)

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Venezuela documented in this atlas: El Silbón. 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 Silbón B
The earliest printed description I have been able to read is of 1952: he is «the terror of the llano», he killed his parents and carries their bones in a sack; he has lost the phalanx of his little finger and seeks it for ever;…

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