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We usually think that when something badhappens to us, it' s bad
luck. It is a convenient explanationfor things that we cannot understand or those
that we cannot control. However,it does not have to be so.
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It is possible that some evil being, like a witch, is responsible for
our misery. You may not believein witches and think that these are just
children' s tales, but weassure you that to see them there are
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If you like the story in today' s chapter, we will tell you
the story of the Chuchona doctor inthe village of Sanchian des Argudre between the
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Green Hills and the meandering rivers wherea tragedy triggered that filled its inhabitants with
fear of despair. It turns outthat in this village there was a marriage
that suffered a terrible sorrow, sinceall of his children died shortly after the
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enfer They had made several attempts andall had ended up with the same result.
Now the woman had given birth toanother child, but the newborn girl
seemed to follow the same fate asher siblings, as she was infatuated.
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People in the village suspected that somekind of sorcery was involved in the misfortunes
that happened to him in the family. It could be envy or evil eye.
But it was also rumored that amega chuchona, who is a witch
that feeds on the blood of babies, could be behind everything. A friend
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is the name given in Galicia toa witch or to the sorceress, whose
task is to do evil to peopleand animals, for which sometimes she establishes
a pact with the devil the marriagedesperate to save her last daughter. They
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sought the help of wise people andexperts in Magic. The mother of the
woman, who was already an oldwoman and with great wisdom, told them
that it must be a thing ofevil eye or chuchona and to know if
it was so, recommended that theymark reeds of the same size, with
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certain marks on each one, onefor envy, one for the evil eye
and one for the chuchona. Aftera few days they saw with the reed
what the chuchona brand had. Asilhouette of a witch had been engraved with
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fire, thus confirming the worst omensof the old mother, but it was
not yet all lost. The mothertold them a solution to protect the child.
They had to give the girl achestnut of Indians, a clove of
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garlic and a twig of St John' s wort and not leave her alone
under any circumstances. In addition,they should be alert during the night to
the arrival of a large black fly. When the fly landed on the girl,
they had to hit her with abay branch, although the ideal would
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be a hazelnut branch, but ifthey didn' t see it in the
area, the bay branch would suffice. In addition to all this, she
had to be disconjured by saying SanSilvestre meiga out that same night, while
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the parents were watching her daughter,the big black fly appeared and fell on
the girl, ready to suck herblood again. The father quickly struck her
with the bay branch, while themother recited the spell. In doing so,
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the fly left immediately, losing itselfagain in the darkness of the night.
The next day they learned that awoman from a nearby town, who
was said to be Maiga, haddied suddenly in her house, so they
came to the conclusion that that womanwas the vampire witch who had tormented them
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for so long. From that momenton, the girl grew up healthy and
strong, becoming one of the mostbeautiful young girls in the Village. This
famous legend shows us how about populartheory and magic come together to protect a
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loved one. Many say they don' t believe in megas, but no
doubt to see them. Aylas.This concludes today' s chapter. We
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