Chonchon
Sign in to savethumb|A painting depicting a chonchon. The Chonchon ( from ), also known as the Tue-Tué, is a mythical creature found in Mapuche religion, as well as in the folk mythologies of Chile and southern Argentina.
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It is catalogued under topics including Argentine folklore, Chilean folklore and Latin American folklore.
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- Mapuche religion
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- Mapuche
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thumb|A painting depicting a chonchon. The Chonchon ( from ), also known as the Tue-Tué, is a mythical creature found in Mapuche religion, as well as in the folk mythologies of Chile and southern Argentina.
== Legend == thumb|Chonchoñ of the Mapuche According to Mapuche myth the flying head is the result of someone, usually a woman, entering into a contract with a sorcerer or brujo; consequently her head detaches by night and sprout wings, so that the chonchón takes off in flight. She makes nocturnal sound similar to bird calls. There is supposedly a secret subterranean location called the reni, where she will fly to, to join her coven, to practice witchcraft or enjoy the festivities. There are said to be anecdotes of husbands who wake up in the night and find their wives' head missing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chonchon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.