imbunche
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English
Noun
imbunche (plural imbunches)
- (folklore) In Chilote folklore, a deformed humanoid monster that protects the entrance to a warlock's cave.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
imbunche m (plural imbunches)
- imbunche
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 68:
- Los Brujos tienen la costumbre de robar niños varones de seis meses a un año de edad, para hacerlos Imbunches, lo cual realizan obstruyendo todos los agujeros naturales del cuerpo de sus pequeñas víctimas. Si los padres del niño llegan a descubrir su paradero, los Brujos le lanzan una rociada y el Imbunche muere, quedando su cadáver en el mismo sitio.
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