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La Chorca folklore

Parchment-style illustration of La Chorca as an owl spirit above a village, Honduran folktale scene.

La Chorca

In the quiet villages and forest-edged settlements of Honduras, people once spoke softly at night of a presence that moved unseen through the darkness. This presence was known as La Chorca, also called La Mujer Lechuza, a figure rooted deeply in Indigenous and mestizo oral tradition. Her story was not told for entertainment alone, but as a warning shaped by

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