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Legends
of Guatemala
El Sombrerón
Illustration by: Juan Pablo
Walking through the streets of La Antigua
Guatemala, surely your curiosity and imagination have taken flight and you have
wondered what things have happened here in this place, what stories have been
told about those still-standing buildings, what moaning and groaning hides,
whispering among the ruins, and what kind of footsteps have clattered along the
cobblestones.
This is one of those stories that still
echoes through the silent nights of the full moon, so if some day you wander
through the market and beyond and let your feet take you into the La
Recolección neighborhood, don’t panic; just let go and allow yourself to feel a
bit of the history and the magic that makes this place what it is.
There, they tell of a character who goes out
walking at dusk. Is it a man? Is it a goblin? Is it a demon? No one knows for
sure, but among those who have seen and heard it – and among those who haven’t
– all agree that it’s someone or something very small, dressed all in black
with a big shiny belt. On its head, it wears a black hat that hides both its
big eyes and its questionable intentions. The feet, encased in a pair of black
boots, clomp loudly, and the nearby walls echo with the noise. Over its
shoulder hangs a silver guitar.
Illustration by: Juan Pablo
Canale Banus
They say that El Sombrerón (“The Big Hat,”
also known as Tzizimite, which means “goblin”) makes mischief through the
neighborhoods of the city with his four mules. Sometimes he rides people’s
horses, making them gallop all night and wearing them out; sometimes he braids
their tails and manes. But he also likes to make young girls fall in love with
him, especially those with big eyes and long hair. He enchants them with his
sweet voice and the beautiful melodies from his guitar. When they come to the
window to see who it is, they become bewitched. He follows them; he braids
their hair; they become unable to eat or sleep. They fall under his spell and
his mules stay hitched to their houses, while he sings and dances for his
beloved.
So if one day you, or a friend, are attracted
to a sweet voice that drifts through a window and you feel the moon’s influence
beginning to flow through your veins, remember these words, because there are
many sombrerones and sombreronas ready to make their mischief.
Author: Victor Sales
Illustrations by: Juan Pablo Canale
Banus
jpcanale@yahoo.com / www.canalebanus.com
Here you have the link of the legend: "La Leyenda del Quetzal"
http://blog.guatemalangenes.com/2009/03/legend-of-quetzal.html
jpcanale@yahoo.com / www.canalebanus.com
Here you have the link of the legend: "La Leyenda del Quetzal"
http://blog.guatemalangenes.com/2009/03/legend-of-quetzal.html
The sombreron is like a Little man,with a guitar.He is dressed all with black.He had a huge and black hat.In the full moon he play his guitar in a window of a Young girl He hypnotized the Young girls to fall in love.He make braids to the girls and the horses.He take the horses qnd ride them all the night.He is in the streets of La Antigua Guatemala.He do mischiefs with the neighborhoods with his mules.he sing and dances too.
ReplyDeletewhat I liked about this story is to know about legends of Guatemala. i liked that the sombreron makes the girls fall in love with he. I liked his boats are so beatifull and pointed.
ReplyDeleteI don't like his other name "tzizimite".is ugly. I liked that makes that the girls dont eat and dont sleep and then they died. I liked that he lived in la antigua, Guatemala but I don't liked that el sombreron kill in la Antigua.
I didnt know tzitzimite meaned gobling.I liked how he enchanted the young girls with his guitar.I didnt know hes guitar was made of silver.I already knowed that sombreron or tzitzimite braided the horses tails.I alredy knowed that the sombreon and the tzitzimete were the same.I knowed too that he lived in La Antigua.I didnt know that the unchanted girls coudn´t eat or sleep.I like his big hat.I didn´t know that his hat was black.I alredy knowed that the mules stay hitched to their houses.I didnt like the name of tzitzimite neither
ReplyDeleteIs So interesting I dont know that they are sombrerones and sombreronas. Now I know that the sombreron play songs to get in love people.I like the he's guitar because it is so cool and his hat 2.I like the black cloth of the sombreron.I dont know that the sombreron is small haha. I all ready know that they are in the Antigua Guatemala.This story is so cool!
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I like the legend becausen i didnt know that Tecun uman was the last in fall.That tecun Uman inspired the part of the national poem "antes muerto que esclavo sera".I know that they discoverd that Tecun Uman dead in May 22.That the quetzal get forever the Tecun Uman`s blood.I already know that the spanish people kill the indians to take the guatemalan soil.I didnt like that spanish people do slaughter here.But i know that if pedro de alvarado doesent come we will probably indians already
ReplyDeleteI like because the legend is for long time and is interesting.Because how the Sombrerón braid hair when he sings and plays guitar hypnotizes the woman who sings the song this occurs in Guatemala and also in places alone at night. And the story of the quetzals occurs in Tecún Unman´s place is interesting because the bird is very coloring.It's unfortunate that the hunting of them became extinct by hunters but will always make the symbol of Guatemala.
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ReplyDeleteI like that legend because i know about the legend. The Quetzal is very protected in ¨ viotopo del quetzal¨. I know that the quetzal came down and rested on his chest and its chest go tinted forever with the blood of Tecún Umán. The quetzal has very pretty colors has green, red and is very big. For me the quetzal is the most beautiful bird on the world.
I like that legend because i was scared when i was a kid. El sombrerón play music to make people make in love. El sombrerón is very small, has a big hat. He has a guitar. He ma twister hair. He has cloth black.
Is interest because is about of the most famous legend of Guatemala. The guitar of el sombrero are made of silver. El somberon is small. Use a big hat. El sombrero sing every night. El sombreron walk every night in the Street. He love the girls. In Antigua Guatemala the people believe the legend. el sombreron do braid to the girls. El sombreron have big eyes.
ReplyDeleteI like the leyend because the sombreron is a small person. One day he went neigberhood and saw a girl..in a house and a night the sombreron go to visit and sing with a girl. and the girl scary live in antigua guaremala. and the sombreron have a guitar and sing alot with girls. is scared and cool .he make brightest with a lady. she no they can talked out only stayer in Antigua Guatemala.
ReplyDeleteVOCABULARY:
ReplyDelete1. FOOTSTEP:the sound or print a foot or shoe.
2.COBLESTONES:rounded stone used spin earlier time to prave streets.
3.AMONG:IN the middle of among friends
SENTENCES.
1.FOOTSTEP:My shoes make alot footstep.
2.COBLESTONE:the coblestone of antigua guatemala have rocks.
3.AMONG:I among my bread
I no wise .They like me because I no wise the leyendas.me like when they are of miedo.es very interesante.mi family no wise some cosas.me likes to read.That it touch guitar .It speak of love.Speech of the past and this likes me mucho.me entertain
ReplyDeleteBoth legends are nice!!!
ReplyDeleteboth say nice things about Guatemala!
maybe they capt attention for tourist or say something to scare...
well.I did'nt know that when the girls fall in love with Sombreron they become unable to eat or sleep!!!
and with the legend of the Quetzal,I did'nt know that Tecun Uman inspired the part of the poem ``Antes muerto que esclavo sera´´!!!
I like the legends because has hidtorical facts
ReplyDeleteI like that legend because i know about the legend. I know that the quetzal came down and rested on the chest of Tecún Uman and the chest of The Quetzal go tinted forever with the blood of Tecún Umán. The quetzal has very pretty colors,and is very big. For me the quetzal is the Quetzal is very beautiful.And His tail is very large.=)
ReplyDeleteI like the leyend of quetzal because I like the story of tekun uman. And something cool is that the quetzal has green feathers . interesting is thatsay antes muertos que esclavos sera.the mos famous poem of tecun uman write migel angel asturias.whit this poem miguel angel asturias win the price of literrature
ReplyDeletei dont like that quetzal is in blood. and that spain come to figth. an other thin is that pedro de alvarado kill tecun uman.
what i now is that in the estatue is the palce that die tecun uman.an that is near of my house
Legend of the Quetzal: This legend is very interesting.I like this legend because is about of my country. This legend tells the history of why the quetzales have a red chest. The legend tells that Pedro de Alvarado kill Tecún Umán and the quetzal stood on Tecún Umán chest and the blood was tinted on the chest of the quetzal. Tecún was a Quiché prince who fougth and died to protect his people from the spanish. Tecún is our national hero. The Quetzal is our national bird. In Guatemala and Quetzaltenango you can see monuments of Tecún Umán. After I read this legend I learned that the most famous poem of Tecún was written by Miguel Angel Asturias. We celebrate the day of Tecún in February.I think that is impotant to know about histories and legends of our country.
ReplyDeleteI like that legend because i kanow about the legend, I Know that the sombreron sing to the girls all the nigts in the winthow
ReplyDeleteall the people dont now if is a damon or a person or a animal and he love the girls that has big eyes and big hair
Ive like because I didnt know that the Big Hat makes brades to mules and young girls. i alredy know that the Big Hat have a silver guitarr, but I think that he have a normal guitarr ;).and I didnt know that he has four mule!!! I get scary when says that get crazy the girls. hahahaha
ReplyDeleteThe sombrerón is a small man dressed all of black, with a big hat. He had four mules. He is a mischief man. He hypnotized young girls to fall in love with him, especially those with big eyes and long hair. He enchants them with his sweet voice and the beautiful melodies from his guitar. He made braids to the girls. The girls become unable to eat or sleep. He take the horses and ride them all the night. He likes to sing and dance. He is in the streets of La Antigua Guatemala.
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ReplyDeleteI like the legend because el qutetzal is the most beautiful animal of Guatemala.This legend is importan to Guatemala.
The legendis interesting because is from the past. I no like more and less because no is from the real life.I like the legend because is very short.I like because is easy to read the legend.I like because I like the animals in the stories.
I like because I learn new part of the anthem of Guatemala.
I learn new characters of legends. I like the stories of guatemala, that no are of scary.
El Sombrerón
ReplyDeleteI like the Sombreron because is on Antigua Guatemala. El Sombreron enchants beautiful girls with big eyes and long hair. I really don't know that el Sombreron wave sweet voice. Him had horses and the horses stay in the house of the enchanted girl. In Antigua some people says that they look a litter man walking in the street. I don't think that . But the people thinks different. Now I know if I lisent a sweet voice singin in my window is him. Is very interesant because you learn new things! Is very scare because in the night I can not sleep is a Jocke I loke it.
Sombreron legend and knew, my grandmother used to tell that story. He likes to the girls the big eyes and long hair to make braids, braids also makes them the horses. He played music with her silver guitar, dancing and girls were following him by his voice. El Sombreron is a goblin.
ReplyDeleteSombreron legend is not true, are stories that tell of generation to generation
I like the story of the Sombreron because is very interesting. Is the best legend I've ever known.
ReplyDeleteThe Sombrerón used to show up in La Recolección neighborhood.
No one knows for sure what the Sombreron is, no one knows if he was a demon, a man or a goblin.
I like the way the Sombreron was dressed. He dressed all in black with a big shiny belt. On its head, it wears a black hat. He plays a guitar. But he also likes to make young girls fall in love with him. He likes to make braids in the tails of the girls.
I like scary legends !!!
I like the paragraph because I like all about legends of Antigua specially because I love Antigua. That legend is one of my favorites legends.I like legends,because I like all about love and mistery.I like to read so many versions of "El Sombrerón".But I never listen about "A Sombrerona".
ReplyDeleteIlike to read legends because that is our culture and we have to know about it. When I listen the legend the first time I get scared, but now is funny.Legends are amazing stories.
I like it a lot ,is so interesting.=)
I like it because this is my favorite legend. I learn of a lot of things that the ''Sombreron´´ do to his love. What I don´t like is that the sombreron is to little. I like when the boys use black clothes, because is sobautiful. But I didn't lern specific things. I love bacause this legend is os specific. Tell you something that you want to know. I think that this is a new form to know about the culture of Guatemala. I like it so much, is so intersting. I love the legend of the Sombreron, now I now more
ReplyDeleteI liked because is romantic and enterteiment. is romantic because the sombreron sign a serenata to a girl. I like the hat because is big. when i see the shoes is so funny. is funny and weird. is enterteiment because the boy is little. the place is in the antigua guatemala. he gallop at the night. is so interesant i liked.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned about the legend of El Sombreron is that El Sombreron is a fictional character. He uses a big black hat. One of his characteristics is that is a very small men. This legend is one of the most famous legends of Guatemala. When he likes a girl, he follows her and begins to sing in a beautiful way. The girls get hypnotizes. He likes girls with big eyes and long hair. Another thing he made is ride horses and braids their tails. He walks over the streets of Antigua Guatemala, looking for beautiful girls or somebody to scare. When he so what he wants plays his guitar.
ReplyDeleteI like the legend of the Quetzal. Because is very interesting and I like the part of why the Quetzal have red chest. And I learn why Tecun Uman died to protect people from the espanish. I think Tecun Uman is our hero. And I learn that the Quetzal is illegal to have in captivity. And Tecun Uman died on february 20th, 1954. Tecun Uman is commemorated every year on february 20. Guatemala declared official national hero on March 22nd 1960. And the most famous poem about Tecun Uman is that written by Miquel Angel Asturias. And this poem is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe legend of the quetzal is interesan. In the storie tell to the people that cont have a quetzal in captivity because is ilegal .In the storie tell us that is nesesari to save the quetzal . MIGUEL ANGEL Asturias won a nobel Price in literatur in 1967. Now i know like the quetzal have the chest of color red. TECUN UMANwas declared nationa hero on march 22 1960 and is comemorate every year.You can see trough ot Guatemala monument . the stories of the quetzal look nice . I learn different thing of the quetzal.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from this legend is that there is a sombreron that go trough the Antigua Guatemala. If you hear him you can get so surprised that you can't sleep and eat. I like it because it teaches you about the Antigua Guatemala legends. It is a very interesting legend of Guatemala. It tells that the sombreron is a small boy that sings and plays the guitar to young girls. He tries to make them fall in love. He makes braidings to the mules. Sometimes he rides peoples horses. He likes the young girls with big eyes and long hair. At least I like very much this guatemalan legend.
El Sombrerón
ReplyDeleteI like this legend because is very interesting.I thought I knew most of the stuff of legend,but I discovered other things.One of the things I did not know was that Sometimes he rides people’s horses. Now I know more things of this legend. This is a romantic legend.I like this legend.This legen is one of my favorite legend of Guatemala.My favorite part is when he enchanted the girls whith her eyes and the hair.This is a beautiful legend.
the legend of the quetzal:I choose this legend because is about the national bird of my country. The Quetzal is my favorite bird. The quetzal is green and have long feathers. I know that is prohibited to have it like a pet. The quetzal have red chest because is de blod of Tecun Uman. Tecun Uman is the líder of the mayas. He figth with the spain mens. He was the last maya to die. He specially fight with Pedro de Alvarado. Pedro de Alvarado kill Tecun Uman
ReplyDeleteThe Legend of The Sombreron is very interesting because it is about a little men, that sings to beautiful girls. He likes girls with nice eyes and long hair. He enchanted them with his voice. It is romantic but also has mystery and drama I really like this legend. Rodrigo Paiz
ReplyDeleteIlike the Sombreron story because I learned about that he has a silver guitar . I learned that he likes the most is to make fall in love girls that have big eyes.I like the sombreron because is funny that he is small and he have a big hat.I like the quetzal legend because I learned about social studies . it says the day that tecun uman died.And i dont know that he quetzal put in the blood chest of Tecun Uman.i like the quetzal because is color Green and red .I like the quetzal because is of Guatemala and i like Guatemala. i like the story because is very interisting.i liked the storybecause is nacional bird of Guatemala.
ReplyDeleteI choose The sombreron.is so interesant.I learn new things.I liked this type of legends. I think that this legend is real.Is one of my favorite legends in Guatemala.This legend say nice things.I learn that the legend is in Anyigua Guatemala. this legend sare me. I dont want go to Antigua Guatemala more time.
ReplyDeleteI like this leyend because the person is very wierd because is very little .It was very interesting.There was a great setting for the leyend .This character is very funny because he is very little ,have big boots .But I dont like than a man go to my window and start to sing.But the thing that dont like from the leyend is that I dont thing that the sombreron is real .But in the page no said others things about the sombreron.and it is cool.
ReplyDeleteThe leyend El Sombreron is very crazy because is a Little men and he has a big hat. Go to a one donkey and go to a house in the night sing all the night with a guitar. The girl heer the sing. The sing of this men is special. Only through with his men. One day not come to the house. Dissapear the men. And one day go to the house with another girl.
ReplyDeleteIlike scary stories that is why i liked "El Sombreron", it is amazing how
ReplyDeletehe makes women fall in love with him just singing and playing the guitar as he is short and ugly.
I enjoyed El Sombreron legend, because he was a man who use to sing romantic songs, playing his guitar to young girls of the town. He loved girls specially big eyes and long hair and he played them guitar when the moon was full.
ReplyDeleteThe legend os beautiful because speaks of the Qutzal. The Quetzal is large and all of your body is color green. The Quetzal are a bird. Is the national bird. And the Quetzal is the best bird for me. The legend too speakof Tecun Uman. Tecun Uman are the strongest of all the Mayans. Tecun Uman is belived to have died on February 20th, 1954. Tecun Uman epitomizes the verse on the Guatemala. Tecun Uman too are a national hero.
ReplyDeleteIt so nice to read a little from our Guatemalan folklore. "El Sombreron" is a very popular local legend, but if it would happen to me I couldn't imagine what I would do if I saw such a weird looking little man in a place so beautiful as Antigua.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading this legends!! I'm happy that our children are learning them. Its part of our culture!!
ReplyDeletebeware of silent whispers in the night, or a single guitar in the far, Tzizimite might be close... great story !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteEL sombreron is a legend dedicated to young girls so they do not listen to boys giving them a serenate. In those times, this legend was a way to protect girls from boys.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to learn about different subjects, in this case OUR GUATEMALAN LEGENDS!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't get tired of hear these stories, you allways hear something new. I'm sure that in each please of Guatemala people will tell you their own legends.
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