Myths and Legends of El Salvador

 

 

EL CIPITIO

    

Originally called Cipit, and today Cipitío or Cipitillo is a legendary figure in El Salvador. Born of the relationship he had his mother Ziguet (Sihuet) (Moon Goddess) with Morning Star God, ungodly betraying the Sun God. That is why the god of gods, Tlaloc condemned both mother and child. The mother was demoted from its status Moon Goddess errant wife and children condemned to never grow up, and preserved forever at the age of eleven.

Cipit is gods son, but she looks like a child's poor social and economic conditions, with a deformed foot, holding them upside down, big belly and with the power to teleport. Their diet is based on eating ashes and bananas. Besides the Cuscatleca Mythology locates in the region of San Vicente. For centuries, the God of Cipit was forbidden and adulterous relationships, is now an icon of Salvadoran culture which is depicted as a happy child and wanders.

The Cipitío itself is a being of Salvadoran folklore. The legend has evolved from generation to generation, adapting many elements of it to not become obsolete; although deep, retains the ancestral essence. The name comes from the Nahuatl Cipit, meaning child, where the word "Cipote" used to name the infants in El Salvador is deformed. Height according to his eternal ten years with a prominent belly, blanket and clothing pointy hat palm and large wings. It is also said to have feet back.

Frequents the mills cane grindings, likes to eat and bathe ash also like to frequent rivers and is an eternal love with girls who constantly spy them, whistling, or throw pebbles and flowers

Although not offensive, is hostigoso. Usually jokes with which he mocks people, cackling loudly. Similarly, we have heard mentioned in Salvadoran language when a girl is the subject of the harassment, the solution is to zoom out to eat in the bathroom, in front of a toilet bowl; because it is assumed that it easily feels disgust with the bad habits of people, in this case women, so it is assumed that this is the most effective solution when a woman is undergoing its harassment.