Turtle Trickster of Aymara

trickster · Bolivia · South America

Not independently attested in Aymara tradition as a named 'turtle trickster guardian of rivers'. Aymara mythology features the trickster fox (Zorro) and culture heroes (Thunupa, Tunupa), but no turtle trickster is documented in Métraux, Bouysse-Cassagne, or Plata ethnography. Turtles are not prominent in high-altitude Altiplano mythology.

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