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Gaardc t1_isicbp1 wrote

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Ever heard of the Nicaraguan/Costa Rican Cegua? It’s a woman who seduces men (travelers , but most often exposing womanizers and drunkards) but when they are near her and excited she transforms into her true nature which has the head of a rotting horse (in El Salvadoran folklore she just becomes a hag known as Ciguanaba/Ciguanahual). The name has a root in the Nahuat word for woman “cihuet” and this spirit (according to lore) drives men literally insane, causes them to get lost/disoriented, catch a fever and/or die.

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