Mapuche legend (the lagoon of the Enchanted Girl)

Fuente: https://elpillo80.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/la-nina-encantada-del-salto-del-pilon-sergio-gonzalez-ruiz/

This legend has its origins in the lagoon of Malargüe (Molles) Mendoza, long ago in an old town of Mendoza lived a beautiful Mapuche princess, its name was Elcha (mirror) in the Mapuche language.

An incredibly beautiful woman was the pride of all the inhabitants of the tribe, the chief of the tribe had an old quarrel with a neighboring tribe, in the same tribe where Elcha had a good friend.

With the passage of time that friendship became a true love, as solid as the rays of the sun and so pure with the flashes of the moon that illuminates the magical nights of the beautiful place.

The times they were running were very difficult, the climate, the crops, the economy, they could not afford to be enmity with the neighboring tribe, together could cope with the imbalance they were suffering in these complicated times, but there was a problem . The enmity of families.

The sorceress of the village suggested forgetting her causes and trying to establish a relationship with her neighbors, the way the witch saw, was the marriage of both heirs, the beautiful Elcha had to accept the husband of the neighbor Cacique.

The sorceress was in charge to reunite to both caciques, in a very amena meeting they agreed, both set the date of the celebration of the marriage.

When Elcha was informed of the decision of her father, the idea of ​​marriage was not amusing, she informed her father that her heart had an owner, but the cacique had to keep his word and ignored this comment.

Soon the news of marriage was raced in the neighboring village, hearing the news the young Indian very in love made a decision to rescue his beloved, the day before the wedding took two horses of the tribe, sought his beloved and escaped course to the north.

The news of the escape soon reached the ears of the caciques, both tribes began to persecute the pair of fugitives, the celebration of the wedding had to be fulfilled as it was agreed to bequeath the night.

The persecution began, at that very moment the moon was hidden and a great storm, lightning, thunder and a heavy rain whipped the place, this did not stop to the tribes their searches that little by little were approaching the fugitives.

In the darkness of the stormy night the young men made their way to a great ravine, suddenly a great cut in the earth stopped their ways, when looking down they could see the reflections of the stormy night in the mirrors of water of the lagoon .

In that a great ray illuminated all the place, there they could see the warriors of the tribes that had them cornered.

The only option for the couple of lovers was to jump into the waters of the lagoon, without much thought the young people threw themselves into the water.

The first to reach the edge of the precipice and look out was the sorceress of the village, at the same instant a lightning strike over her that left her petrified, the very fearful warriors approached the edge of the precipice and could see the reflection of The CHA.


Fuente: http://www.mendozapost.com/nota/8816/

From that day and to date you can see the reflections of Elcha and the petrified witch, for this reason the locals call it, The lagoon of the enchanted girl.

Fuente: http://pueblosoriginariosargentinos.blogspot.com.ar/p/leyendas-2.html

I'll wait for you tomorrow to enjoy another account of my land Corrientes.

José Luis Fernández
Corrientes Argentina


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