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An illustration of La Tunda with her spoon foot luring a child in a moonlit Colombian mangrove forest.

La Tunda: The Shapeshifting Forest Spirit

In the deep emerald jungles of Colombia’s Pacific coast, where the rivers flow like veins through the mangroves and the air hums with life, there is a name spoken only in whispers, La Tunda. She is the shapeshifter of the forest, the deceiver, the spirit who lures the careless away from home. The elders say she was born in the age
An illustration of young hunter Chéggue by a glowing forest stream, Afro-Cuban folktale scene.

Chéggue: The Hunter Who Defied the Forest

Long ago, when the trees could still whisper and the rivers carried the voices of the ancestors, there lived a young hunter named Chéggue. He was the pride of his village, strong, fearless, and quick with his bow. His laughter could be heard across the hills, and even the elders said

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