Trauco

Origin and tradition

Chilote mythology describes Trauco as a small forest man with dangerous sexual magic and a body shaped by the damp woods of Chiloé.

Illustration in this atlas

A short, ugly man in bark-like clothing, carrying a stone axe or staff and moving with unnatural forest confidence.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Trauco

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.