Chilota mythology

The Chilota mythology is formed by the myths, legends and beliefs of the people who live in the Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile. This mythology, reflects the importance of the sea in the life of chilotes.

Chilota mythology is based on a mixture of indigenous religions (the Chonos and Huilliches) that live in the Archipelago of Chiloé, and the legends and superstitions brought by the Spanish Conquistadores, who in 1567 began the process of conquest in Chiloé and with it the fusion of elements that would form a separate mythology.

Chilota mythology flourished, isolated from other beliefs and myths in Chile, due to the separation of the archipelago from the rest of the Spanish occupation in Chile, when the Mapuches occupied or destroyed by all the Spanish settlements between the Bío-Bío River and the Chacao channel following the disaster of Curalaba in 1598.

Legends and mythical creatures

Myths and mythical creatures of Chiloé, in southern Chile include:
*The "Basilisco Chilote" (a type of Basilisk)
*The "Brujo Chilote" (a type of sorcerer)
*The "Caballo marino Chilote" (a type of water horse)
*The "Caleuche"
*The "Camahueto"
*The Cape or Skin
*The "Chucao"
*The "Cuchivilo"
*The "Fiura"
*The macabre "Invunche"
*Chiloé (mytological origin)The legend of Ten ten Vilu, Coi coi Vilu and Origin of the Archipelago
*The "Millalobo"
*The "Peuchen" or "Piguchen"
*The "Pésame"
*The "Pincoya", goddess of the Chiloean Seas
*The Sirena Chilota (a type of Mermaid)
*The "Trauco"
*"The Witch Doctors of Chiloé"

ee also

*Mapuche mythology
*Chilean mythology
*Chiloé