Curse – Maldicion
From Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. Laval
Part 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos)
075. The Cliff of the Muleteer (El Risco Del Arriero)
(1910).
In the hill of the Petacas, province of Colchagua, there is a very large cliff which has a yellowish spot that resembles a muleteer with a mule by his side. They said that in ancient times a friar came to this place asking a muleteer with a mule laden with silver for alms, and not only did he not give him anything, he instead insulted him. The priest cursed him, and both the muleteer as well as the mule became buried in the rock.
On another cliff that is close by, one can see another yellowish spot, which resembles the body of the friar.
—– VOCABULARY —–
Risco – (geography) crag, cliff
Mancha – (splotch) stain, spot, mark, blot; (stigma) blemish, stain; (area) patch, spot; (on an animal) spot, patch; (medicine) shadow; (group of friends) (Peru) gang
Amarillento – yellowish
Maldecir – (to regret) to curse; (to blaspheme) to swear, to curse; (to criticize; used with “de”) to complain bitterly
Incrustar – (to place) to set, to inlay, to embed; (to thrust) to bury, to ram; (to embed in the mind) to fix
(to become lodged) to become embedded; (to get fixed in one’s mind) to get stuck