CLASSIFYING CHARACTERS
- In the legend "Tenten Vilu and Caicai Vilu ", the main characters are Caicai Vilu and Tenten Vilu they are snakes, you contain to the gods of water and land
b) When fasting eat lightly and, when tired, slowly. If you feel persecuted obscures their wings. It lives in small caves. Lays two eggs, gold or silver. Sometimes leading his pursuers to death and drag the edges of precipices. The miners whose guiding a Alicanto are enriched, as this leads to points where rich deposits or places where there is a buried treasure there.
c) It is a bird of silver and gold that guides to the reef mining ore which they seek. Appears only at night and your body does not cast a shadow on earth. If the miner that follows is possessed of inordinate ambition, Alicanto drags him off a cliff, where perishes.
At the end of the hostilities, Caicai Vilu left as representative and owner of all the seas, the king Millalobo (Millalonco), who was conceived during the invasion when a beautiful woman fell in love with a sea lion.
This legend describes the new region formed of water and earth and delineates the marine life style of Chiloé.
THE ALICANTO
a) It is a fabulous bird (shown in photo) who lives in the hills and fed mineral gold or silver, as the metal of the hill where dwells. His eyes give off strange brilliance. Reflections of their wings that wrap in a luminous halo, when walking down the rocky emerge. If you have your belly full, you can not fly because of the weight of the metals with which it feeds, but it is not difficult to run away if someone dares to chase it, because in any corner or crevice is hidden, leaving no trace of their passage.
- One day a monstrous serpent appeared and inundated the lowlands, valleys, and mountains, submerging all the flora and fauna. Without delay, Trentren Vilu appeared to start a confrontation with his enemy, elevating the land and protecting it from disaster. The battle persisted a long time. Trentren Vilu reached a costly victory, he won the battle, but was unable to restore the land to its primeval state leaving it in the dismembered form it still has today.
CAICAIVILÚ AND TRENTRENVILÚ
- The Trentren Vilu is the god of Earth, and is a generous spirit and protecter of all earth's life. Caicai Vilu is the god of Water and the origin of all that inhabits it, and rules the seas.
- According to this myth, thousands of years ago, what is now the Chiloé Province was once one contiguous landmass with continental Chile.
INTRODUCTION
- In this project we will talk about the legends of Trentren and Caicaivilu and The Alicanto. A legend is a narrative of natural, supernatural or mixed facts, transmitted from generation to generation orally or in writing.
- Trenten and Caicaivilu tells the story of how the island of Chiloe and surroundings are created, it is said that The Alicanto is a bird that carries miners,to mines, where gold is found, specifically in the city of Atacama.
CHILEAN LEGEND