Siguapa

A mythological creature from Dominican folklore. This is a woman with brown or dark blue skin, legs twisted back and long, smooth hair that covers her naked body.

They say that these creatures live in the mountains of the Dominican Republic.

Ciguapa is nocturnal. Due to the fact that her legs are twisted backwards, it is never possible to determine exactly where Siguapa was moving, if we consider her tracks.

Some people believe that Siguapa brings death, and that one should not look into her piercing hypnotic eyes. Otherwise, the person who dares to look them in the eye will be immediately bewitched. She paralyzes her victim and attacks.

They say that she can drag her victim into the forest or into a cave and eat there. The sounds produced by Ciguapa resemble whining or chirping. They move through the forest at night, and their hair glistens under the light of the moon, making a completely creepy impression.

They are considered magical creatures that can appear in front of some people in a beautiful way, and seem completely ugly to others. But all sources agree that these are evil creatures. They are very cunning and are always ready to lure a traveler who has lost his vigilance into their nets. They say that they can take on such a beautiful image that it will not be difficult for them to lure a man into the forest. But after getting sex from him, they immediately kill him and hide. This legend is so popular that there are still people who claim to have seen Ciguapa.

It is believed that the only way to catch a Ciguapa is to hunt it down on a full moon with the help of a black and white dog with polydactyly (which is called the "cinqueno dog").

Although many believe that the myth of the Ciguape originates from the Taino (an indigenous people of the Caribbean Sea), it has been suggested that this is probably a later invention, since the myth of the Ciguape has many similarities with ancient European mermaids. None of the known artifacts or legends of Taino mentions any creature even remotely similar to him. In addition, the legend may have originated from other myths as far away as guarani kurupi or the Hindu churel, which were described by Rudyard Kipling. The hypothesis of Hinduism may be far-fetched, since it is impossible to establish how this story got to the Dominican Republic in the nineteenth century, when there was no cultural exchange between these peoples.