The invisible hunters
“Late one Saturday afternoon, three brothers left the village of Ulwas an the Coco River in Nicaragua. They were going to hunt wari, the wild pig which is so delicious to eat. After walking an hour through the bush, they heard a voice. “Dar. Dar. Dar.” said the voice. The brothers stopped. They looked around, but there was nobody there. Then they heard the voice again. “Dar. Dar. Dar.” The voice came from a vine that was swinging from a tree in front of them…”  to continue reading this legend, beautifully illustraded in both English and Dutch follow this link -> The Inv

Journey to the afterlife (Miskito folktale)
A Miskito man named Nakili lost his wife who he loved very much. Visiting her grave, he found her soul, which was only about two feet high, preparing for her journey to the afterlife. The husband wanted to accompany her but she answered him that it was not possible to satisfy his desire since he still was alive. The husband insisted and could not be convinced to remain in this world. So they began the journey together. She guided him and led him down a narrow footpath that he never had seen before. They arrived at a place where many birds of prey were flying. She jumped back in fear, but he chased them off and they continued their trip. After awhile the trail

Legend of Princess Oyanka
By Eddy Kuhl Arauz It was about the year 1550 in the Valley of Sebaco, in the Spanish province of Nicaragua, whose name in nahuatl “Cihuacuatl” means Serpent Woman, a nation of Matagalpa Indians under the leadership of the cacique Yamboa lived. Among the animals they hunted for food were the turkey, quail, agouti, guardatinaja (a species of agouti particular to Nicaragua) and deer. Insofar as metals were concerned, they obtained and worked with gold, given its malleability and beauty. They had discovered deposits of this precious metal in a cave in the mountains north of their settlement. It is believed that this cave was connected one cave on the shore of Rio Grande

Los dos fantasmas de la Calle Real de León
“Don Víctor Manuel Valladares en su libro León Romántico e Inmortal,  relata que se reconocen dos fantasmas en León en la calle Real.  Uno habita la casa de doña Pina Ramírez de Sotomoyar, la cual perteneció a principios del siglo pasado al coronel y doctor en farmacia, José Ramón Pineda. El coronel Pineda se encontraba en las Segovias cuando comenzaron a desarrollarse una serie de fenómenos sobrenaturales en su morad

El burro de la piedra de Cuapa
Entre los recuerdos más lindos de mi niñez, están las canciones y los cuentos que me contaba mi mamá cuando viajábamos por carretera a algún departamento de Nicaragua. Como en aquellos tiempos no se acostumbraba usar cinturones de seguridad, ni asientos especiales para niños, uno de los placeres más grandes para mí era pasarme al asiento delantero para sentarme en las piernas de mi mamá y escuchar sus historias de monos bajando de la montaña, o duendes ladron