MAGICAL ECUADOR THROUGH LEGENDS

  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...

  I would like to start saying that hope you enjoy these legends! Each place has a story; someone told me one day that places keep memories because people forget them. T he legend that you are going to read happens in San Francisco’s monastery which is located in Quito downtown. Do you believe in paranormal events? Because this legend has an intriguing mystery related on a skull. “The skull of Franciscan monastery” – “La Calavera del Convento de San Francisco”. As far as we know, many monasteries and churches in our country had the tradition of burying their monks in the underground of each place. So, keep in mind this fact…! This legend happened one night a lot of years ago, it was really cold, because it was winter. It all began when Fray Carlos and Miguel got back to the Franciscan monastery. Nobody knew where they had come and no one will know because after that night they were not be able to say anything to anybody. It was a really red letter day. To make thi...

Hi, again ... This time, I have to talk about “La Esquina de las Almas” that was my promise the last post. So, I don't know if you hear about this story but in my opinion it is strange and paranormal for some people. It happens among the known street which called “La Calle de las 7 crosses” - “7 cross street”. To make this story short we need to know that this street connects the main touristic place “El Panecillo” with “La Colina de San Juan” and in all the places we can find a cross, which saves a story and a lot of memories. In the 16th century it was called Seven Crosses because the convents and Catholic churches that were located on it. And over the years raised several stone crosses that served as altars popular during the Corpus Christi celebrations each year. But these were also put there so that the Spanish faithful and indigenous people, do not forget your faith since there were many bars in the street. Then, with ...

  👀Who do not like stories or Legends?👀 Most of people really likes hear these interesting and sometimes impossible things that happened many years ago, may be at the time when they were not born and for that reason these things are unbelievable. However, these kind of stories cause curiosity, catch the attention of people and also they are conducive to promoting awareness of the history which exists besides it, that is the case of many places in our country, they have many things to tell us. Ecuador has magic, its mysteries and incredible legends are a treasure. For generations, many stories, legends and tales are still alive because each place save memories. The only fact that prevent those places tell something is people who do not want to continue talking about these awesome stories. I remembered some interesting legends that my grandparents told me when I was a child and these stories are not well known. For instance, in this occasion I would like to ...