The scientific studies are needed to accurately determine the degree of adaptation to trauco new conditions of life imposed by the continued deterioration of their habitat, the forest of Chiloé. Trauco
If not fit, will be seriously endangered this species mythological some emparientan, rightly, with satyrs y faunosí greco-latinos, y sin razón con los traviesos duendes.
Las descripciones físicas del trauco lo presentan como un enano deforme, de no más de 84 centímetros de altura.
Vive en el hueco de los árboles o en cavernas naturales, alimentándose de frutos del bosque como un hombre primitivo. Y como él, usa un hacha de piedra, con la que anuncia su presencia golpeando los árboles. A imitación del hombre moderno, en cambio, se esmera en presentarse bien vestido, con traje de quilineja y un sombrero tipo cucurucho, tejido de parecidas fibras silvestres.
Sus piernas cortas y chuecas terminan en un remedo de pie sin talón y sin dedos, lo que le da un andar inseguro. Para superar este defecto, el trauco uses a cane called pahueldún, as twisted as him, and which becomes identified. Thus, when the Chiloe believes he can find pahueldún launched in the forest, strikes against a stone, knowing that your body will suffer trauco pain of punishment. Arriving home, hang the bat on the stove and, if indeed it was a pahueldún, drip a thick liquid that has the ability to heal physical ailments caused by trauco.
And they are many, because the trauco is an evil character. Forest real psychopath, is installed on a log with harmless aspect of seeing the landscape. However, upon the occurrence of a human figure, the curse shall be upon him your eyes or the nefarious power of his breath.
should be noted that his magic act very differently depending on the sex of the person. If a man is picking on him, causing neck sprains, grimaces on the face, tullimiento of bones and other diseases in which always guess the intent to cause deformities similar to their own appearance.
What if the person caught by the trauco is a woman? In this case, all its fury moved in passionate love, and I will not rest until seduce the lady, usually a young man who has admitted recklessly into the forest. To achieve this resort to magic, throwing it into placid dreams, in which he appears as a handsome hunk. Floridor
Pérez. Myths and legends of Chile
