La Culebra Mayor

serpent · Costa Rica · Mesoamerica

No Bribri or Cabécar source documents a serpent called 'La Culebra Mayor' ('The Greater Snake'). Talamancan mythology does preserve great serpents under other names: ChbekoL, a giant snake that devoured those who broke the incest laws, and Dululba, a snake of justice. The entry's claims of an association with Sibö and the creation of landforms are unattested inventions.

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