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Condenado

También llamado: condenados, the condemned
Folclore y mitosNo muertoVaríaUna maldición

The condenado is the walking dead of the Andes: a sinner rejected by the afterlife who wanders the peaks eating travellers. The offences that create one are breaches of kinship and reciprocity, the foundations of highland village life. Communities in southern Peru and Bolivia describe destroying them by smashing or burning the bones. The belief is still current and has been documented by anthropologists working on Andean funeral customs.12

⚔️ Combatirlo
Origen
Andean (Peru and Bolivia)
Perú, Bolivia
Qué lo causa
Una maldición
Sins so grave that the dead person cannot pass into the afterlife.
Cómo te conviertes en uno
People who in life raped relatives, stole from friends or hoarded wealth; other accounts add suicides and victims of violent death.
Cómo se mueve
Varía
Roams the high mountains at dusk and at night looking for people.
Inteligencia
Algo de inteligencia
Puntos débiles
  • taking away the knotted funeral cord (khipu) tied round its waist, which paralyses its legs
  • beating the skeleton to pieces
  • burning
notas de campo

Qué dicen las fuentes

1

A living dead that hunts humans in order to eat them12

2

Some accounts say it can be saved only by devouring three people12

3

In Arguedas's material it may appear as a dog, cat, snake, toad or owl12

4

It attacks shepherds watching their flocks at night12

5

In the village of Cuspón the dead were buried with a khipu of seven knots to help the soul travel; a condenado still wears its own12

¿Podrías huir de él?

Clase de velocidad según cómo la describen las fuentes (varía), no una medición.

Tú, caminando unos 5 km/h
Tú, trotando unos 10 km/h
Condenado unos 10 km/h
Un adulto en forma a la carrera unos 24 km/h
Un ciclista rápido unos 37 km/h

Fuentes

  1. Khipus to Keep Away the Living Dead - Anthropology News
  2. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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