LEGEND

THE MUQUI OR MUKI - THE MINER GOBLIN

One day, Mr. Demetrio sent his son Amaru to go to the river to
to pick up

Water, for Legend of the Three Bulls

prepare the soup
of ram and
potatoes for him In this Legend of the three Bulls, it is said that on the hill of Santa
lunch. There was Rosa (in the vicinity of the train station of Cerro)
a long time ago Pasco many years ago was a reed bed, where the shepherds
time and the father they would migrate with their herds every once in a while. On one occasion
began to Three gigantic sharp-horned bulls appeared there, successively.
to worry about him three, one white, another in fire red and the third black
delay of Amaru, coal. The first one was digging the ground, making loud snorts, when
so he/she decided to go to see the second. They faced off in a wild fight.
to look for it. To
finding him near the river, surprised him playing with a little one When he moved away, upon seeing the third person, he angrily charged at him and ...
The creature, which he recognized immediately, was the muqui. remains the owner of the pasture. Did not allow any human or animal
will approach.

The news spread in the surrounding areas. Eager to catch them.

Without thinking twice, Don Demetrio pounced on the goblin, young people on foot and horseback, with sticks, slingshots, spears, and clubs
he took his shicullo and caught the muqui, who did not show resistance. Santa Rosa was summoned. The horned ones, upon seeing the crowd
He promised to work for the old man in exchange for his freedom. they ran in different directions and disappeared. The white
Since then, Don Demetrio became the richest miner of headed to Colquijirca, the black man behind the hills of Paragsha and
the region. the red one towards Lourdes. The expedition followed them and could not locate them.
Time passed and he continued investigating the horned ones.
later in the same directions, the mines of were discovered In thousands and thousands of years, the lagoon managed to deceive the bear, the snail, to
Silver of Colquijirca, coal of Goyllarisquizga, and copper and the snake, the elephant, the iguana, to all beings that today
other minerals from Lourdes. It was then known that the bulls were we found in the National Sanctuary of Huayllay.
had turned into minerals and that the paths they took in
According to what they say, the people who enter the stone forest do not
their destiny had been taken in metallic veins of the same kind,
they have an exit since it is a place that has only one entrance and
respectively. Thus, the most important deposits originated.
inside it is like a labyrinth of stones.
of this mining department par excellence. The legend of

Huayllay Stone Forest

POEM
Legend has it that a huayeyna had 2 shepherd sons who
Every day they went out to work. One day they disappeared. The mother very Cerro de Paso
worried, she went to look for them in the forest, she asked the condor who
he replied that he had not seen them, they asked the nuns who
they said they had seen it pass by, they didn't know which way to go, Oh!... Mutilated city... Oh!, town that agonizes,
asked the alpaca and it told him that the Japurin lagoon had done it
Under the sinister, tenacious, and powerful impulse,
eaten.
of rough machinery that tear apart mercilessly
Huayllay Stone Forest, national sanctuary, Pasco, tourism–
the defenseless womb of our mother earth.
news. Desperately went to that lagoon and shouted to the four
winds where are my children, have you perhaps eaten them? The lagoon —-
he punished them because they were throwing stones at me and
Imponderables cravings of hungry machines
disturbing my waters. Give them back to me, the mother insisted. The
Laguna asked for her soul in exchange for her children. The mother that roar in the depths of dark undergrounds
he gave his soul for love, but this lagoon deceived him and transformed her to extract gold from the cold depths
on rock. Since then, at the front of Capuli, there is a stone.
inert soil of the Indian Huaricapcha.
in the form of a woman.

—-
Oh! land of dreams of that humble shepherd, spinning their fleeces, singing a song.

Your sky is tinged with sulfuric fumes,

Your torn belly, through your deep cracks;

it seems that you exhale your complaints of agony.

—-

Your old buildings barely stand.

about the weak vault of large sinkholes;

you walk slowly towards your sad twilight,

following your fatal destiny... Desolation...!

—-

Land of Huaricapcha…Oh generous land!

city of gold and silver, dream of the greedy,

the icy mountains watch you absorbed

marching towards the ruin of your own greatness.

—-

City where snow falls in large flakes,

forming a snowy carpet in the narrow streets,

where the joyful ñusta in love passes,

 woman, of her children and of her dogs. Soon the terror of being prey began to fade when her
woman and her children in the midst of loud barking, they found him and took him to their home in
where I narrated what happened and, from then on, I wore a crucifix on my chest
silver to save him from the evil one.

THE DEVILS OF YANAMATE

We know well that the evil one is everywhere and does not sleep either day or night.
We also know that in the darkness of the mountainous night, it appears to travelers. Fateful torment, tyrannical torment,
using a thousand tricks to enchant them, kill them, and take their souls to the
depths of hell. This is what was about to happen to a rancher pastor of the mining Indians who exhaust their strength,
from Yanamate.
searching through the prodigal entrails of the earth
One day when he had gone to Cerro de Pasco to make his provisions purchase, surprised
due to an unmerciful hailstorm, he was waiting for the storm to pass for a while the tears of the ñustas, turned into metal.
After several hours. The night was already closed, the hail had stopped, he decided to go back to
his house. He knew that out there in the solitude of the estancia, his wife and children would be.
waiting for him impatiently.
—-

Horrifying tragedy of a town that is sinking,

Knowing the route, he began to walk with sure and confident steps; but the night was in the face of the indifference of her helpless children,
black tan and the darkness barely let her advance that, when she found herself swallowed by the
darkness, I was already groping, having no reference to rely on to verify my route Desolation!.. Debris!.. Overcrowding! Ruins!
For a long time, he walked blindfolded and tired from the effort, he sat on a rock to
rest. In that, he began to hear a deliciously harmonious and beautiful music; songs Your future is that... Oh land of Carrión...!
beautiful with rhythmic voices and among this magical and sweet music, I heard the voices of some
women who called him insistent and affectionately. About to go conceding to the
urgent calls were being made, when a distant thunder brought him back to reality and By Lorenzo Landauro
desperate began to shout entrusting himself to God and uttering the name of his
 lastimeramente. The girl continued but was terrified. Along the way, she saw a house,
to whose owner she pleaded crying: 'Please hide me.' The woman hid her under a
deck. Even so, the soul, pulling it by the hand, took it away. Thus they arrived at a huge corral.
There, she saw two women picking flowers. The woman on the right side gave the girl a
a comb, a mirror, and a soap. "When the condemned is approaching, you will throw the comb at
ground. When it approaches again, you will throw the mirror, then the soap. The comb will be a
thorn hedge, the mirror will be a lake, and the soap will be a slippery floor." The girl
He did as the woman instructed, but still, he caught up with her and grabbed her by the hand and took her away. Thus
they arrived at a place where there was a huge bonfire that the soul dragged the girl to,
when she was about to be embraced by the fire, her little dog, from her skirt, pulled her towards
back. Thus, the lonely soul penetrated the fire. In that immense bonfire, many dead people are said to be.
They are burning. The girl returned crying.

THE CONDEMNED SOUL

A girl was very in love. She and the boy had sworn to 'die together.' But
the parents of the young people opposed their union. They, because they loved each other passionately,
They went to live in a cave. From there, the young man would go steal food from his mother's house.
So, his brother had caught him by surprise and, mistaking him for a thief, severed his...
neck with an axe. Only his soul reached where the girl was, as if nothing had happened.
The boy stretched out next to her. Then the young woman's little dog started to lick her neck.
of him, because he was bloodied. She didn't even notice. The young man had said to her: 'My
brother has died. They will bury him tomorrow. After performing his washing [ritual of
clothes washing] we will leave." The next day he returned saying that he was going to bury his
brother. Since the young man's parents' house was not very far away, the girl observed it
what was happening there. The house was full of people. Her fiancé was attending to the guests very politely.
visits. But in the afternoon, as if he were alive, he returned bringing some food. The day of
burial, finishing digging the grave, they placed the coffin into it. Then her beloved
put inside the grave, and came out when they finished covering it. Then the girl
he was frightened and asked, 'What's happening?'. They say that the fifth day [day of
[ritual of washing clothes]. He left again. When the girl observed, the boy
I was helping with the chores: serving food to the guests. After the rituals of the
On the fifth day, the young man returned in the afternoon, always bringing something. He said: 'Now we'
they will go" and packed her things, then they set off. The girl was in front, her little dog
he was in the middle, he was behind. When they had gone very far, a woman who was grazing her sheep said to
the girl: "Hey young man, are you crazy or what? You are being led by a soul." Upon hearing the
pastora, the young woman just looked back, then saw that a soul was coming with its shroud. In
At that very moment, the girl regained her senses. The dogs also started to howl.