Chiloé is an island in the territory of Chile, and it's maybe the most interesting place in my country that I've yet to visit for myself. It's plagued with myths and legends, creatures and magicians, stories about ghosts and witches that could make up for a total lack of mythology in the rest of the country. What is with this piece of land that has been so filled with creatures and events, obviously created to explain certain phenomena that happens only in the island? The Trauco (or Trauko) is one of the most famous, it's a dwarvish figure with great strength and powers, who has an particular taste for raping virgins.Obviously it's a myth created out of necesity, the unmarried young women who ended up...
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