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Chilóe Archipelago legend

Parchment-style artwork of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu battling, Mapuche legend, Chilean landscape.

Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu

Long ago, when the world was young and the lands of southern Chile were still being formed, the Mapuche people tell that two colossal serpents shaped the earth and seas through a battle of cosmic proportions. These were Trentren Vilu, the serpent of the land, and Caicai Vilu, the serpent of the waters. Trentren Vilu slithered across the earth, enormous

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