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Rich storytelling blending Indigenous traditions and Spanish influence.
An illustration of a jaguar spirit protecting a shepherd in an Oaxacan valley, Mixtec and Zapotec folktale scene.

The Nahual : The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca

The Nahual: The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca In the highlands of Oaxaca, where the air carries the scent of copal and the wind hums with ancestral whispers, people still speak of the nahual, the shapeshifting sorcerer who walks between worlds. Under the moonlight, they say, a man may shed his human form and move as a jaguar, a coyote, or an owl.
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