Owl Water-Spirit of Aymara

water-spirit · Bolivia · South America

Not independently attested in Aymara tradition. Aymara are highland Altiplano people (Lake Titicaca region); their water beings include lake spirits and amaru (serpent), but no owl water-spirit is documented in Aymara ethnography (Molinié Fioravanti, La Barre, Núñez del Prado). The conflation of owl (highland bird) and water spirit appears fabricated.

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