Creature |
Description |
El Basilisco |
This creature sucks the saliva out of its victim, killing the prey.[1] |
El Caballo Marino Chilote |
He carries wizards and dead sailors to El Caleuche.[1] |
El Caleuche |
"A phantom ship" that sometimes sails near the shore of Chiloé. It carries wizards and dead shipwrecked sailors. It is controlled by Millalobo's orders.[1] |
Cuchivilu (from the Castilian dialectal cuchi: pig and from the mapudungun filu: snake) |
A half fish and haft pig from Chiloe mythology who attributed the damage that occurs in the fishing pens. |
The Camahueto |
A special calf with a silver horn. It is said that wizards can use it to cure "sexual dysfunctions".[1] |
Cherruves |
With the body of a snake and the head of a human, he controls the "appearance of comets" and is responsible for bringing misfortune to whoever he visits.[1] |
La Furia |
She arouses sexual desires in men. When she is "satisfied", she drains the victim of his energy, which kills him. She is married to El Trauco.[1] |
Huallipenyi |
With the body of a goat and the head of a cow, it is symbolized with fog, and causes babies to have physical mutations when born.[1] |
La Huenchula |
She is the wife of Millalobo.[1] |
Meuler |
A lizard who causes storms and hides underground when the storm is active.[1] |
Millalobo |
He has the body of a seal, and a head of a combination of a human and a fish. He is covered in gold, thus the name, meaning "golden wolf". He controls the population and actions of most sea creatures. His three children are La Pincoya, La Sirena, and El Pincoy.[1] |
El Pincoy |
With the body of a seal and head of a man, he helps carry out his father's commands.[1] |
La Pincoya |
She influences the outcome of the day's fishing; fish won't appear if she faces the shore, and fish will come if she faces the sea.[1] |
La Sirena chilota |
With the tail of a fish and the upper torso of a beautiful blonde teenage girl, she is responsible for the herding of fish and the guiding of drowned souls to Caleuche. The daughter of Millalobo, and thus the sister of Pincoy and Pincoya. |
El Trauco |
He "is aggressive to men" and arouses sexual desires in women. He is married to La Furia.[1] |
La Vaca Marina |
La Vaca Marina: She lives in the sea, and is sexually attracted to bulls. When she sees one near the coast, she leaves the sea and seduces it, and returns to the sea with it.[1] |
La Viuda |
She also arouses sexual desires in men. Unlike La Furia, she only kills the victim if he refuses to sleep with her.[1] |