Country

Argentina

cases
4
years
1840–2026

Legend: 4

  1. 19th century

    1. c. 1840–present Cemeteries, crypts and ossuaries · Legend Difunta Correa – the Dead Mother Whose Body Fed Her Child Difunta Correa Shrine, Vallecito, San Juan Province Legend says Deolinda Correa died of thirst in the desert, and her baby survived at the breast of the dead woman. A million pilgrims a year visit her grave.
    2. c. 1890–present Spectral creatures and night demons · Legend El Familiar – the Devil Dog of Tucumán's Sugar Mills Former Santa Ana sugar mill, Tucumán Province Workers at sugar mills in northern Argentina believed the owners kept a demonic dog in the cellar that devoured one of them every year in exchange for wealth.
  2. 1900–1909

    1. 1902–present Cemeteries, crypts and ossuaries · Legend Rufina Cambaceres and Recoleta Cemetery Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires's most famous cemetery holds “the girl who died twice” – according to legend, buried alive on her nineteenth birthday.
    2. 1907–present Werewolves · Legend The Seventh Son and the President – Argentina's “Werewolf Law” Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires Since 1907 Argentina's president has stood godparent to seventh sons. People say it is protection against the lobizón – the werewolf of Guaraní legend.