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Sale y Vale: The Phrase That Means 'Deal' in An...
My tío Beto used to take me with him to the tianguis on Sunday mornings, not because he needed an extra pair of hands, but because he liked having an...
Sale y Vale: The Phrase That Means 'Deal' in An...
My tío Beto used to take me with him to the tianguis on Sunday mornings, not because he needed an extra pair of hands, but because he liked having an...
El Familiar: The Argentine Legend About the Pri...
My tío Rodolfo spent a few seasons cutting cane outside Tucumán as a young man, before he ever thought about coming north, and he still won't talk about the old...
El Familiar: The Argentine Legend About the Pri...
My tío Rodolfo spent a few seasons cutting cane outside Tucumán as a young man, before he ever thought about coming north, and he still won't talk about the old...
La Pincoya: The Ocean Spirit of Chiloé, Chile
My great-tía on my mother's side spent part of her childhood in a fishing village on Chiloé, and she used to tell us that the older fishermen there never left...
La Pincoya: The Ocean Spirit of Chiloé, Chile
My great-tía on my mother's side spent part of her childhood in a fishing village on Chiloé, and she used to tell us that the older fishermen there never left...
El Trauco: The Chilote Legend Chilean Families ...
My abuelo's cousin married into a family from Chiloé, and every time she visited us on the mainland she brought stories that felt like they belonged to another world entirely,...
El Trauco: The Chilote Legend Chilean Families ...
My abuelo's cousin married into a family from Chiloé, and every time she visited us on the mainland she brought stories that felt like they belonged to another world entirely,...
La Sayona: The Venezuelan Legend About a Woman ...
My tía Carmen grew up outside Barinas, in the Venezuelan llanos, and she still lowers her voice whenever she tells this one. She swears her own abuela once saw a...
La Sayona: The Venezuelan Legend About a Woman ...
My tía Carmen grew up outside Barinas, in the Venezuelan llanos, and she still lowers her voice whenever she tells this one. She swears her own abuela once saw a...
La Patasola: The One-Legged Legend That Haunts ...
My tío Efraín spent years cutting timber in the hills near the Tolima countryside, and he had one rule he repeated more than any other: never answer a woman's voice...
La Patasola: The One-Legged Legend That Haunts ...
My tío Efraín spent years cutting timber in the hills near the Tolima countryside, and he had one rule he repeated more than any other: never answer a woman's voice...