Saga
Long before the forest had paths,
1/7Lizard dog
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Where it livesYaguarón Hill, Paraguarí
Variant Colmán speaks of caves. The hill is the tradition of the town of Yaguarón.
HabitatCave
How it movesHe barely moves: his seven heads weigh too much
Fear
Cunning
Speed
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- Domain
- Lord of caves and protector of fruit
- When
- No set hour: he can barely move
- Watch out
- He looks fearsome, but Tupã took away his ferocity
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Tradition
Arasy, goddess of the moon, cast a curse on Taú,
Tradition
and so the first of his children was born.
Tradition
A huge creature, with a lizard's body and seven dog heads that could barely move,
Variant
but with burning eyes that lit up the darkness of the caves.
Variant
There, beneath Yaguarón Hill, Teju Jagua silently guarded the fruits of the forest, the buried riches and everything the Guaraní held sacred.
Saga
They say his looks struck fear, but his spirit never sought to harm you.
Tradition
Tupã took away his ferocity, leaving him gentle as a patient guardian.
Tradition
He loved honey, and his brother Jasy Jatere brought it to him.
Saga
And although his figure was the most feared of the seven brothers, those who came close learned the truth:
Variant
beneath the hill he kept the treasures of the ancient world.
Tradition
The first child of Taú and Keraná, doomed to protect the secrets the earth keeps.
The end (Opá)
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What is tradition and what is art?
- Tradition
He is the first child of Taú and Keraná.1
- Tradition
Colmán describes him with seven dog heads that hardly let him move.1
- Tradition
Tupã kept him from turning fierce, and Jasy Jatere brought him honey.1
- Variant
- Variant
His home under Yaguarón Hill comes from local tradition. Colmán only calls him lord of the caves and names no place.21
- Variant
Other versions show him dragging victims into his caves. Guardian of riches is another popular reading.2
- Saga
The closing line about his kind spirit is this saga's own reading.
