Chullachaqui
Sign in to saveAlso known as el Chullachaqui, Shapishico, Chullachaki
thumb|Clay statuette from Argentina, on display at the Bern Historical Museum right|thumb|The legend of the Chullachaqui Mural (Iquitos - Peru) The Chullachaki (Quechua, "one-footed", from chulla or ''ch'ulla = single, odd, unpaired, asymmetric, chaki'' = foot; spelling sometimes also used in Spanish) or Chullachaqui (Hispanicized spelling), also known as the Shapishico, is a mythical forest creature of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazonian jungle.
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It sits within the topics Forest spirits, Legendary shapeshifters and Native American demons.
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thumb|Clay statuette from Argentina, on display at the Bern Historical Museum right|thumb|The legend of the Chullachaqui Mural (Iquitos - Peru) The Chullachaki (Quechua, "one-footed", from chulla or ''ch'ulla = single, odd, unpaired, asymmetric, chaki'' = foot; spelling sometimes also used in Spanish) or Chullachaqui (Hispanicized spelling), also known as the Shapishico, is a mythical forest creature of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazonian jungle.
==Description== He is generally described as short and ugly, with one leg shorter than the other and one foot either larger than the other, pointed backward or in the form of a hoof.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chullachaqui” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.