Patasola
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The Patasola or "one foot" is one of many myths
in South America
n folklore about female monsters from the jungle, appearing to male hunters or loggers in the middle of the wilderness when they think about women. The Patasola appears in the form of beautiful and seductive women, often in the likeness of a loved one, that would ultimately lure them away from their partners deep into the jungle to reveal their true, hideous appearance as one-legged freaks with ferocious vampire
-like lust for human flesh and blood, attacking and devouring the flesh or sucking the blood of their victims. More common in Colombian folklore
, they are similar to the Sayona
(Venezuela
), the Tunda
(Colombian Pacific), and the Madremonte or Marimonda
(Colombia
). They are usually regarded as protective of nature and the forest animals and unforgiving when humans enter their domains to alter or destroy them.
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
n folklore about female monsters from the jungle, appearing to male hunters or loggers in the middle of the wilderness when they think about women. The Patasola appears in the form of beautiful and seductive women, often in the likeness of a loved one, that would ultimately lure them away from their partners deep into the jungle to reveal their true, hideous appearance as one-legged freaks with ferocious vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
-like lust for human flesh and blood, attacking and devouring the flesh or sucking the blood of their victims. More common in Colombian folklore
Colombian folklore
Colombian folklore are beliefs, customs and cultural traditions in Colombia.-Cultural influences:Colombia has many traditional folk tales and stories about legendary creatures which are transmitted orally and kept for next generations to come. Some of them are common with other Latin American...
, they are similar to the Sayona
Sayona
La Sayona is a legend from Venezuela, represented by the spirit of a woman that shows up only to men that have love affairs out of their marriages. The name "Sayona" refers to the cloth the ghost wears which is a long white dress similar to a medieval undergarment...
(Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
), the Tunda
Tunda
The Tunda is a myth of the Colombian Pacific region, and particularly in the afro-American community, about a vampire-like monster woman that lures people into the forests and keeps them there...
(Colombian Pacific), and the Madremonte or Marimonda
Marimonda
In zoology, marimonda is the vernacular name given to the white-fronted spider monkey in Colombia.In cryptozoology, the term can also refer to:*The Mono Grande*A being similar to the Patasola, that inhabits Colombia....
(Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
). They are usually regarded as protective of nature and the forest animals and unforgiving when humans enter their domains to alter or destroy them.
See also
- CaiporaCaiporaCaipora is an entity of the Tupi-Guarani mythology in Brazil. It is represented as a dark-skinned, small Indian, naked with a very long black mane, smoking a cigar and very mischievous. Other depictions are as a stout hairy anthropomorphic being with the head of a fox. Sometimes it is said that is...
- ChullachaquiChullachaquiChullachaqui, in Spanish el Chullachaqui, and also known as Shapishico, is a legendary devil of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazonian jungle....
- Deer WomanDeer WomanDeer Woman, sometimes also known as Deer Lady, is a shape-shifting woman in Native American mythology, in and around Oklahoma, The Western United States and The Pacific Northwest....
- Fiura
- Llorona
- MarimondaMarimondaIn zoology, marimonda is the vernacular name given to the white-fronted spider monkey in Colombia.In cryptozoology, the term can also refer to:*The Mono Grande*A being similar to the Patasola, that inhabits Colombia....
- Mohan (legendary)Mohan (legendary)The Muan, Moan or Mohan , sometimes also known as Poira is a name applied to several mythological or otherwise supernatural creatures in South and Central American folklore. The most common and widespread use of the term is to refer to the souls of the dead and the indigenous ancestors of old...
- SayonaSayonaLa Sayona is a legend from Venezuela, represented by the spirit of a woman that shows up only to men that have love affairs out of their marriages. The name "Sayona" refers to the cloth the ghost wears which is a long white dress similar to a medieval undergarment...
- SihuanabaSihuanabaThe Sihuanaba, La Siguanaba, Cigua or Cegua is a supernatural character from Central American folklore. It is a shape-changing spirit that typically takes the form of an attractive, long haired woman seen from behind...
, a similar figure from Central America - TundaTundaThe Tunda is a myth of the Colombian Pacific region, and particularly in the afro-American community, about a vampire-like monster woman that lures people into the forests and keeps them there...
- Tulevieja