Colo Colo (mythology)

The marsupial monito del monte is sometimes called "colocolo" due to its similarity with the mythical beast.

According to Mapuche legend, the Colo Colo is a bloodthirsty animal which begins its life first as a hen's egg (or a rooster's egg by popular belief), and then as a snake or lizard that hatches out when the baking sun's heat is sufficient during incubation.

[2] The suspicious egg would be stunted or be small to come from a hen, so both the indigenous people and locals believe it must have been laid by a rooster.

Sometimes the only remedy is burning the building in order to kill the Colo Colo. a) Colocolo sucks blood from people asleep.

(lore of La Serena); b) Colocolo nests near rooms, and repeatedly drinks saliva from the same person, who will suffer worsening weakness and disfigurement unto death, unless this is interrupted by eradicating the pest (Santiago.