MAGICAL ECUADOR THROUGH LEGENDS

  Hello everyone! The Panecillo is located at the downtown, and is a well-known place. However, do you know the story behind to this place? I want to tell you… My grandma’ loved this story, and when I was a little girl she told me the story again and again. I really love this legend! Once upon a time, there was a woman who took her cow to the Panecillo every day, so that it could eat. One day, while the woman was gathering some firewood, she left her cow near the pot and when she returned she did not found it. The woman was very scared, she began to look for it at the surroundings. After some hours that she did not found the cow, the woman decided to enter to the pot and when she arrived there, the woman found a really big and awesome palace. She did not believe it, but there was a beautiful princess who asked her: -           Which is the reason for your visit? -         I have lost my cow!...

Hi, dear readers! In this post, I am going to tell you a new legend that caught my attention and also, I am scared stiff. My grandpa last weekend told me that it happens in “El Tejar” neighborhood, specifically in the cemetery. Have you been there once? Juan is the principal character of this story; he was a really vain boy and he liked wearing his high school uniform in excellent conditions. However, it was the time of final tests and his boots were really old, so he was worried about that and he wanted to buy new ones. His friends told him that he could sell his coat and with that money he could be able to buy a new pair of boots. At the beginning, Juan did not want to do that, but after a few minutes that they were talking, his friends accepted to lend him the money but with an only condition. A few days ago, Juan’s ex-girlfriend committed suicide because, Juan was unfaithful in their relationship. So, the friends’ condition was Juan should go that night to his ex-girlfriend’s gra...