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since, in this narrative, we will know the story of the son of the Siguanaba. Like his mother, the Cipitío also became a cursed creature, as Tláloc cast a spell on him so that he could never become a man. That is, regardless of the passing of the centuries, he would always remain a child.

The Cipitío

El Salvador's older adults once told me that in people's homes that had a fireplace, it was said that the spirit of that little boy would appear from time to time.

And it is that the Cipitío not only loves to eat the ash produced by the burned logs, but he also enjoys wallowing in it. The classic description of him is the following: A man of short stature with a prominent belly and who also has the lower extremities backwards. This makes people who, for some reason, try to follow the trail get lost in the forest as they go the other way.

Unlike his mother, this character does not harm anyone, although he can pull off a harmless prank from time to time. Finally, it only remains for us to say that, although some things have been added and removed from this story (depending mainly on time), it still retains its same essence.

s it is established in the Salvadoran tradition, the legend of the Cipitío is the

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