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LIKARAYEN<\/h2><\/div>
THE MAPUCHE CULTURE<\/strong><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2″]
\u201cLikaray\u00e9n\u201d<\/strong> is a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true. This legend has been handed down by tradition from earlier times, and belongs to the area where the Osorno and Calbuco Volcanoes are located, in the Los Lagos region.<\/h6>\n<\/q>[vc_column_text]Once upon a time, when no white man had still set foot on this land, there lived several \u2018williche<\/strong>\u2019 (\u2018willi\u2019<\/strong> = south; \u2018che\u2019<\/strong> = people) families around Osorno and Calbuco Volcanoes. Their princess was Likarayen – the most beautiful and purest young woman, who was in love with Kitralpi, a handsome and brave \u2018toki<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 a military chief. Both had fallen in love at first sight, and they were meant to get married the next spring.<\/p>\n

However, Peripillan \u2013 an old \u2018pillan<\/strong>\u2019 or spirit who lived inside Osorno Volcano \u2013 envied Kitralpi. He could not resist the young couple\u2019s true love and decided to interfere in their happiness. He started to vomit smoke and fire from Osorno Volcano, and made the earth tremble. The other mountains and volcanoes seemed to burn with fire, too. Their craters looked like the entrance to hell itself. The nights near Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes were lit with the huge flames coming from these giants.<\/p>\n

The situation was worrisome, and the williche people decided to hold a council in order to find a way to stop the pillan\u2019s anger. When they were in the middle of the discussion, an old \u2018machi<\/strong>\u2019 suddenly appeared among them. Nobody had noticed him before or knew him, but he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to get to the crater, you must sacrifice the most beautiful virgin of the community. You must take her heart and place it at the top of Pichi Juan\u2019s hill covered with canelo leaves. Then you will see that a bird will appear soaring in the sky which will eat the heart and afterwards will take the canelo leaves to let them fall inside the crater of the pillan\u2019s home\u201d.<\/p>\n

And after saying these words, he disappeared as fast as he had appeared.<\/p>\n

The \u2018logko<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 the leader of the mapuche community \u2013 wanted to know who the purest virgin was. Unfortunately, he found out it was his own daughter Likarayen. With tears in his eyes, the logko gave the bad news to his daughter \u2013 she was chosen to save them from Peripillan\u2019s anger.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t cry, father\u201d \u2013 answered the young princess \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll die happily to save our people. Just do me a favor. Please, don\u2019t use axes or spears to kill me, and I want my dying bed to be prepared by Kitralpi, who can be the only one to touch my heart, because he has been its owner since I met him.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2″][vc_column_text css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1763406454836{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}\u00bb]<\/p>\n

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