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INTRODUCTION Myths and legends are a custom very important and traditional of colombian peolple. The Andean Region include all departments of the mountain area of Colombia. This Region has beautiful nature. The Andean Region has different ethnic culture. The indigenous people have many legends and gods. They have differents religion. This legends of the Andean Region are in books and histories and are known in all Colombia. The most of the legends speak about ghosts, dead and shiver histories in horrific places like mountain, cementery, dark houses. Many of the characters are the next: mother mountain, foot alone, foot jar, cry women, priest headless, elf, the coconut,and others characters. This are the most important and known characters.

ELF

They are naughty spirits. They torment any age people, especially the women with boyfriend. Sometimes the craftiness are to change things of place or hide it. They disorganize the things that are put in correct place and to bring news. In others cases they are perverse: When they avail a person or entire family. They go every nights to throw rocks or mounds in exaggerate form, similar to torrential rain.

THE PATASOLA The Patasola is a very sensual woman with an innovative look. She lives surrounded by snakes. The story about The Patasola is about a woman who was unfaithful to her husband. When her husband knwew this situation he cut one of her legs and he gave to her lover while he looked how her wife die slowly in the jungle. The Patasola didn´t die. On the contrary she passed a series of mutations. A lot of people say that this history was created to scar the infidels. This story is one of the most popular in Colombia. According to the people she lives in Andes Huila.

FOOT OF JAR The foot of jar is a mythological strory Colombian that talk of one men with feet of jar. the people who felt him say that leaves a smell to rotted before when he walks for some pleace he does evil to the people sand the crops as floods and pests. it is an strory very popular betwen the Choco miners.

THE LEGEND OF THE MACHACA

This history of department i was born, this departament is very beautiful and is part andean and amazon region. The Putumayo departament is situated in southern Colombia. The legend is called "The Machaca", the machaca is insect very dangerous and fatal by the sting because if you would stung, you have 12 hour to sex because the not sex at this time, you die.

BY JORGE LEYTON BECERRA

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