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THE PACIFIC REGION

Introduction

Colombia is a beautiful country. Its beauty is made of different things such as landscape, fruits, tenacity of its people and the fantastic popular stories that have each town. For example, pacific region. In this region, there are monsters like madremonte, la sirena del arco, la tunda, el riviel, el duende, the ghost ship, etc. All these stories are told from generation to generation. Moreover, They have changed through the time in details and some characters but its essence is the same. Now we are going to talk about the main characters of the pacific miths. **THE RIVIEL** The Riviel is one of the most dreadful monsters in the pacific region. The Riviel is an “Endriago”, a combination between man, hydra (a snake of several heads), and a dragon. The people from town say that themoster scares at night to fishermen and also that he appears on a boat without bow. The riviel always ask to his victims “¿how is the Fishing?”. Then, When the fisher answer, the riviel is up to the boat and not let him move. Some people say Riviel sucks the brain of the victims, but this isn`t sure. This mythical story shows how fishermen live, their culture, and how mysticism is intertwined in their daily practices. All these stories are passed from fathers to sons, through generations, and makes their culture more rich. **THE MADREMONTE.**

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Farmers and loggers who have seen it, say it is a stout lady , elegantly dressed infresh leaves and green moss, with a hat covered with green leaves and feathers. You can not see his face because the opaque hat. There are many people who know their cries or howls at night dark and dangerous weather. She lives in placestangled with leafy trees, away from the noise of civilization and warm forests withvermin. ======


 * LA PATASOLA **

The patasola is a myth of south america is a woman in search of one partner. is a creature of one foot that is alike to the trunk of a tree that end in a claw. is very fast and she has an alone breast and arms very long, hair tangled, big eyes, big mouth and enormous fangs. it is a species of vampire ferocious with a great appetite of meat and blood human, capable of to attack and to devour the meat or to suck the blood of their victims.


 * LA TUNDA**

La tunda is a leyend of the cost pacific, especially of the African American community. Is the spirit of a woman, the wich have a leg of grinder and the other as a baby. Her form is of a known person, generally simulating to be the mother. The calls and conversing takes them to the mountain for days entangling and the feeds with shrimp and crabs. To rescue of the Tunda, it is necessary to form a commission with the godfather and godmother of the victim, a priest, friends and other of the family. They disappear into the forest beating drums (cununos and drums), burning gunpowder, firing guns and praying.


 * ARC SIREN**

In the Pacific Ocean of Colombia, nothing ghostly siren bow, a nymph with head and bust of woman with fish body and tail of a bird. The fantasy creature mask and carried in his hand wields a dagger in the other a golden scepter. Daredevil divers have observed that the siren of the arc, has palaces submarines made ​​with crystals, gems and precious stones to which they attribute magical powers.