The Colo Colo or Colocolo, is a malignant creature of Mapuche mythology.
The Colo Colo's aspects differ slightly according to which zone of Chile. In Mapuche, the Colo Colo has a serpent form with legs, similar to a long rat with feathers. Whereas in the south of Chile, the Huilliche culture represents them as a long mouse with the head similar to a head of a rooster.
The Colo Colo are born from an egg that was incubated by a "rooster", and would...
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