3.1 El Cucuy

Meet El Cucuy, the unseen figure of Latin American folklore whispered about at bedtime. More warning than monster, El Cucuy is said to wait in its mountain cave for children who stay awake too long or wander where they shouldn’t. No one agrees what it looks like—only that you never want to find out. Resources: https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/el-coco-el-cucuy-the-child-eater This is the one with the map https://www.latinobookreview.com/the-origin-of-el-cucuy-el-coco-by-alan-gerardo-aguilar-padilla--latino-book-review.html https://folklore.usc.edu/el-coco-and-la-mano/ https://www.valeriemevans.com/culture/origins-el-cuco/ https://europeanfolktales.com/the-legend-of-el-coco/ https://www.galiciaoriginal.com/en/where-is-galicia/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSE_Dr0ZBOg One man’s personal tale of a Cucuy encounter (this is the one with the song) https://www.amazon.com/El-Cucuy-Bogeyman-English-Spanish/dp/0938317784 Amazon link to the storybook ¡El Cucuy!: A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish by Joe Hayes and illustrated by Honoria Robledo Tapia https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/voynich-manuscript The Voynich Manuscript Instagram: folklore.fangirl Spotify: Folklore Fangirl Apple Podcasts: Folklore Fangirl Thanks for listening—we really appreciate you! If you enjoyed the show, please consider leaving a rating and review. If this sounds like something a friend would enjoy, please pass it along. And as always, keep fangirling over folklore. “Dance Macabre-No Violin” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0⁠⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠⁠ Edited for use (volume adjusted, segments used for intro and outro)