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Wekufe

Spirit or demon in Mapuche mythology

The wekufe, also known as huecufe, wekufü, watuku, huecufu, huecubo, huecubu, huecuvu, huecuve, huecovoe, giiecubu, güecubo, güecugu, uecuvu, güecufu;

Wekufe

Cuero (legendary creature)

Creature from Mapuche mythology

El cuero (from Mapudungun: trülke wekufü "pelt or hide" and "wekufe or evil spirit") also known as cuero del agua ("water hide"), cuero vivo ("live hide")

Cuero (legendary creature)

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Kalku

Person who practices evil or black magic in the Mapuche cosmogony

character that has the power of working with wekufe "spirits or wicked creatures". An example of a wekufe is the Nguruvilu. The kalku also have as servants

Kalku

Familiar

Spiritual entity in European folklore

Qareen Shikigami Spiriduş Tomte Torngarsuk Toyol Tulpa Tutelary deity Wayob Wekufe Yekyua Wilby 2005, pp. 59–61. Wilby 2005, p. 61. Wilby 2005, pp. 74–76.

Familiar

Mapuche religion

Religion of the indigenous Mapuche people of South America

spirits can punish people with illness, scarcity, or infertility. Various wekufe spirits kill humans. The sumpall is a blond mermaid who seduces men into

Mapuche religion

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Pillan

Powerful male spirit in Mapuche mythology

they can also cause disasters, since they also punish (or they allow the wekufe to punish) with drought or flood, earthquakes, or diseases. The Antü is

Pillan

List of legendary creatures (W)

Human-eating supernatural creature Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon Wendigo (Algonquian) – Cannibalistic evil spirit Wentshukumishiteu

List of legendary creatures (W)

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Chonchon

Mythical creature in Mapuche religion

synonymous with machi witch) or evil machi) who contract with an evil spirit (wekufe), and has various servants to do his bidding, including the chon-chon, which

Chonchon

Mapuche

Indigenous people of South America

and Wangulen (ancestral spirits), the Ngen (spirits in nature), and the wekufe (evil spirits). Central to Mapuche belief is the role of the machi (shaman)

Mapuche

Gualichu

Demon in Mapuche and Tehuelche mythology

and a verb (engualichar, to cast an evil spell on somebody or something). Wekufe Mapuche Mapudungun Machi (shaman) Chilota mythology Chilean mythology Mapuche

Gualichu

Jumbee

Caribbean mythological spirit

cultures, cannot follow over water. "Jumbie Jamberee", a popular calypso song Wekufe Henry S. Whitehead and the collection Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales Zombie

Jumbee

Yaoguai

Creature from Chinese mythology

trees. Wangliang – wilderness demons in Chinese mythology and folklore Wekufe – Spirit or demon in Mapuche mythology Xian – transcendent beings who have

Yaoguai

Spirit spouse

Aspect of shamanism

Festival to search for their spirit spouse. In Mapuche, in Chile – "human-like wekufe include Punkure and Punfüta, nocturnal ... spouses ... in their dreams"

Spirit spouse

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Antu (Mapuche mythology)

of the fight, the earth moved so strongly, that the imprisoned malignant Wekufe spirits were freed from it and began roaming the land. And the universe

Antu (Mapuche mythology)

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Nguruvilu

Mythical fox-serpent of Mapuche myth

the horse died the human was spared and vice versa. Also the evil spirit wekufe was thought capable of transforming into the fox-viper. Although it is not

Nguruvilu

Lapageria

Genus of flowering plants

said to commemorate the spirits of the dead. Another legend tells of a wekufe who lived in the mountain peaks and descended into the valleys to steal

Lapageria

Chilean mythology

Pascuales, and spirits of Mapuche beliefs like Pillán, the Wangulén, the Wekufes, the Anchimallén, Tented and Caicos, and the Cuero. The Chiloé Archipelago

Chilean mythology

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