A pishtaco (in Northern Quechua "slaughterer, cutthroat"), ñaqaq (in Southern Quechua, similar meaning) or kharisiri (in Aymara,"slaughterer") is a folkloric boogeyman figure in the Andes …

El pishtaco (también llamado nakaq o lagarto) es un personaje mitológico de la tradición andina, especialmente en Perú. En algunos lugares de los Andes, el pishtaco es llamado kharisiri. [1] …

Pishtaco is a mythical creature that is said to inhabit the Andean regions of South America. According to the folklore, Pishtaco is an evil humanoid creature, often a white man, who seeks …

2020年10月30日 · Spanish priest Cristóbal de Molina was the first person known to have been accused of being a pishtaco, in 1571. The locals of Cuzco refused to bring him firewood, as …

2017年1月10日 · For indigenous people who survive by manual labor in Peru, the horrifying pishtaco figure expresses the inhumane conditions which powerful mestizos, whites and …

The pishtaco may be described as a nocturnal murderer of Indians whose main objective is the extraction of fats from the bodies of his victims. These body fats (unto) are then sold to …

2018年12月1日 · The pishtaco, an ambiguous, fluid, and complex figure, represents various aspects of power and violence that are familiar to people in the Andean region of Peru and …

2017年3月30日 · Known by many names, this legendary fat-stealer stalks indigenous communities in the rural Andean highlands. In the Peruvian Andes, they say he wanders the …

In the mist-shrouded highlands of the Andean regions, where myths whisper like the wind through the quena flutes, lurks a creature as chilling as the mountain air – the Pishtaco. This entity, as …

2023年8月25日 · What is the meaning of Pishtaco? The Pishtaco is often described as a pale skinned foreigner, dressed in high boots, leather jacket and wide-brimmed felt hat. He sneaks …