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Myths and legends of the people of Quiruvilca

The Golden Dog
Daily the mining worker, was getting ready to go to work, it was rotating, one week he played in the slip of paper and the other by Luz Angelica.
One day it was time to leave for work and left his home to go to work. Walking down the street greeting happy peers and many jokes and spear throwing the helmet of his friends on theground. He left the village and saw in the distance two foci that focused, he thought were his co-workers with their lamps, miner kept walking with his head down looking at the floor, but thought, cannot possibly be sources of car! Ay if no road here.
As the lights moved closer, and the light was more intense Being close to the worker realized it was a golden yellow dog, saw what her eyes wereshining dog that wanted to bite it. The worker noticed courage, scolded the dog. The dog followed in his front wing on the road course at the mine mouth. Already in the mouth of the mine, the dog barked and wanted mordele the miner, reacting to want to give the "Chotana" the miner suddenly fainted and a few minutes after arriving finding peers’ prestrándole auxillo floor. The miner bounced nosebleedsand ears, then what llebaron home. Relative schose to ease with folk medicine then went in search of a "healer" who did the same awakening. The miner told him what happened and said happy my; gold is escaped me to my hands. Shortly after the miner died.
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The Muki
They say the "Muki" exists and lives in the tunnels of Quiruvilca. He is the guardian of silver, copper and bronze. It is oftenother friend and enemy of the humble miners. Through its covenants one can live in the midst of fortune, or at least in the midst of misfortune. It depends if abordas when "Muki" in a good mood, or spirits of hell, so say the miners.

They say it is small and hunchbacked, short, thin legs, big round eyes.

She wears a lantern that lights his steps and notice the process.

The mine is as oldas the town, and the "Muki" is as old as mine. "What they say about "Muqui" is transmitted from generation to generation. Lingers in the memory of the youngest and the oldest quiruvilcanos.

Everyone knows who walks alone, that is fed and where blanket. Miners increasingly crossing sideways peek and pass by. Do not say anything, because if you are in a bad mood, with the slap would see starsand probably not return to that world of stars and angels.

Maybe that's why nobody dares to compromise with the "Muki" for fear of slapping, or because they can offer a lifetime of misfortune, misfortune, perhaps even death. But if you are in a good mood and offers them fortune and happiness? How do you know your mood? No one knows.

On Sunday, Don Hermeregildo old nag and incredulous, sayingthere is no known "Muki", went to work at the mine. He placed his yellow helmet, his sacón phosphorescent, and big rubber boots.
He began to peck the ground, suddenly found that the tunnel was cleared, fine heard footsteps as a child. He thought his son was suddenly, stopped chopping down and paid attention to the noises generated by the shoes. But while cutting Hermenegildo land left, also thatmysterious noise stopped moving. But the golden glow lit well, was different from Don Hermeregildo.

Then he called his son twice. The third, shouted. No answer. It started to greatly alarmed, his face dripping with sweat, his hands had wet the pick handle, probably was because of fear, what else can think, why work? If you just had 10 or 15 pecks the ground. To see it say that there is no "Muki"In a few minutes, when Don Hermeregildo was undertaken to investigate who was behind that wall. That flash of light went ahead and took the first step. He came so close to the powerful bright flashlight "Muki" not allowed to see detail.

He managed to make two turns around and began to lecture, he proved he was the guardian of that mine. And that did not allow Sunday afflict him, because...