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An illustration of La Segua revealing her horse face to a rider on a moonlit road, Costa Rican folktale scene.

La Segua: The Horse-Faced Woman of the Night

Long ago, when Costa Rica was still under Spanish rule and the streets of San José were narrow cobblestone paths lined with clay-tiled roofs, travelers often spoke in whispers of a strange woman who haunted the night roads. Her name was La Segua, a being of terrible beauty and terrifying truth. In those early colonial years, the nights were dark

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