MAGICAL ECUADOR THROUGH LEGENDS

  Hi, dear readers! Last weekend, some friends told me an interesting, fantastic and really mysterious legend, so I want to share it with you. That does not happen in Quito city, but it is located at Sangolguí in Valle de los Chillos, next to the capital city. Have you ever heard or been in “El Castillo del Gringo Loco”? A t this place, it is said that more than 20 years ago there was a “gringo”, one of those militaries who survived the Second World War and he decided to settle in a calm place, where he could forget about the bombings and violence of his life as a soldier. The ex-military man moved to Sangolguí to a big place surrounded by forests, birds and a lot of vegetation. He began to build his house, a not very common one because, it is full of entrances and exits of dark tunnels. That makes the place a really mysterious one, and some people tells several horror stories of the haunted place. According to the story, this man and his wife were waiting for a baby, but t...

Hi, everyone! For this post, I want to start with two questions: Do you believe in paranormal events? Or Have you ever hear something related to the devil? Well, in this legend you will know a mysterious story about a little demon that happens in Quito city, but it does not exist a specific area. S ome people says that “Guagua Auca” is a demon  created by a child’s soul who was born and died without being baptized. It is he who terrifies drunkards on the roads late at night. What likes to do it is cry with an incessant and noisy shriek that makes anyone desperate. The drunken men unknowingly search for the source of the squeal until they find what seems to be a little baby wrapped in a blanket. After that, drunkards discover how the appearance of the supposed child changes and they realize that they were actually carrying a demon. Some drunk men said that after that day, it was the final of his drunkenness. However, most people say that many drunkards have been found de...

  Hi, dear readers! In this occasion, we are going to a famous church in Quito downtown, which is “La Compañía de Jesús in Garcia Moreno street, did you remember the Cornejo-Cevallos House’s legend? Well, this church is in front of that place. So, let’s continue reading! M any years ago, Manuel Chili was the little famous indigenous, who worked at “La Compañía de Jesús” church, and suddenly he became an excellent artist.  The Jesuits decided to take him in charge, gave him food and a little money for his work because they did not have the recognition of true artists. Furthermore, they also offered him special training in art, sculpture and painting. Manuel was recognized with a pseudonym that in Kichwa it means “wooden face”, thus was born the great Caspicara! The priests could not believe that Manuel had been recognized as that great artist. Manuel worked twelve hours a day on scaffolding and dangerous edges. This created a strange phobia of heights. They say that b...

  Quito downtown has a lot of mysteries, it saves many secrets that if someone does not tell them, people will not know anything. I really like legends, and they are better when happened in a place where you have been before. In this occasion, the legend happens in the “Plaza Grande”, exactly in the corner of the Catedral church where is located its big cross. Did you know why is a big cross there? Well, this post is about that legend… This story happened many years ago, a block and a half of the Catedral church where was a really known place “La Fonda del Duende Negro”, the reason of its name was because of the appearance, it was a little house with two windows in each side, and at nights the lights shone intensively, so it was like a goblin’s head. Every night three men came to the place, wearing a white suit with a really large black coat, and a big black hat too. People said that they belonged to rich families because of their expensive clothes and the vocabulary that they...

  "At the heart of good history is good storytelling" -Stephen Schiff F or this post, we will be located in the center of Quito, in front of “La Compañía” church, there is the Cornejo-Cevallos house on the corner of García Moreno and Sucre streets. Many years ago, the house was sold to José Cornejo Ribera and his wife Dolores Cevallos Acosta who hired an architect to build the current one, hence the name. If you have been there, you will know probably why this house is so popular... To be exact, the main reason is because one of the "putis" which is a kind of cherubim in Greek mythology, related to the goddess Aphrodite. That adorn the facade, located over the last window, which is popularly known as "little Mandingo angel", it shows an upright virile member that has caused a series of stories. I am going to tell you three of them: 1. When they rebuilt the facade of the house, which was very deteriorated, they were liberal against the way of acting o...