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Parchment-style illustration of Nguruvilu, fox-headed serpent spirit emerging from moonlit Chilean river in Mapuche legend.

Nguruvilu: The Fox-Serpent

In the cool, rushing rivers that cascade down from the Andes mountains through the forests of southern Chile, the Mapuche people have always known that not everything beneath the water’s surface is what it seems. Among the most feared and respected of all the spirits that inhabit these waterways is the Nguruvilu, a creature whose very name, meaning “fox-serpent,” hints

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