CAMAHUETO

This calf of year similar to the unicorn, of hair leaden color or "Mari" and very brilliant, possesses in the forehead a golden horn or short "chunk" and marfilíneo that shines in the light of the moon.

Those who have seen it say that it(he) is very agile and vigorous, of great beauty. It(he,she) is born and lives(inhabits) in the gullies where it(he,she) is a "traiguen" or water fall, and in swampy lagoons. Here it(he,she) belongs(concerns) and develops until 25-year-old adult reaches an age. Then it(he,she) emigrates towards the sea. To come to his(her,your) destiny, it(he,she) destroys the surrounding nature, the cultivated fields of the farmers.

When someone knows that a camahueto is developing in his(her,your) area, a "Quack" or wizard searches in order that it(he,she) catches it laceándolo with a rope of sargasso and leads it to the sea without I damage riverbed.. The camahueto is not left to take for the "Clean ones", only those who know the magic they can catch it providing that they are in the land and in the moon he(she) takes advantage of lacearlo and to dominate it, to start(extract) the horn of an accurate machete blow, then the camahueto turns into a weak or tame lamb. The quack or "Onlooker" gets a remuneration for the apprehension, which will consist, besides his(her,your) honorarium, of money or species(kinds) and the "Chunk" of the Camahueto.

To the scrapings of his(her,your) "Chunk" curative power assume to him(her), using them to make magic salves, to do frictions and to cure some cutaneous diseases: rheumatism, anemias ... etc.

On having consumed an overdose of this powder, the patient can stay "encamahuetado", madly, schizophrenic. Showing spots in the skin(leather) of the face, eyes injected into blood and espumarajas in the mouth.