Legends of Ecuador.

Cantuas Legend.

Cantua has a very famous legend in

Quito, capital of Ecuador, he was a very famous Indian in colonial times
because he was a direct descendant of the great warrior Rumiahui.

This Indian, called Cantua, had much power over other Indians in the region.

Taking advantage of this, he promised to build a beautiful and large atrium to

the Church of San Francisco, but his commitment to the church was doing in six
months, otherwise he will not charge anything.

The work was not easy. When the delivery time of the work was nearing
completion, Cantua was desperate, and offered to provide whatever who help
him to end the atrium, which was just started.

This offering reached the ears of the devil, taking advantage of the situation
and introduced himself and offered to end the court that night, as long as
Cantua give his soul as payment. Cantua accepted, and thousands of little
devils began working as darkness fell on the city.

Cantua suddenly realized how fast they worked and that his soul would be
bound to suffer punishment for all eternity, so he decided to challenge the
devil. Cantua went to a corner and took a stone, it wrote in Latin: Who takes
the stone and put in place, will recognize that there is only one God and He is
above all creatures in the universe.

When the court was about to be finished the devil wanted to put the last stone,
but to read what it contained could not do it and that broke his covenant.
Cantua kept the rock forever and no one was able to complete the work. If you
ever visit the Plaza de San Francisco, look what the site where the famous
stone missing.

La Dama Tapada.

La Dama Tapada appears as a popular belief about the year 1700 in the city of
Guayaquil.

This legend tells the story of a lady who appeared around midnight but only appeared
to be outdated drunks up to the old cemetery, Boca del Pozo, the lower church of Santo
Domingo in the city of Guayaquil.

This young woman wearing only chasing philandering between these beautiful
costumes an elegant black dress and a very nice time veil covering her face, which is
not allowed to be recognized by their victims.

Legend has it that the lady exuded his environment a peculiar fragrance of lilies and
violets, and this enticing way and making them into a trance or hypnotized leaving and
forcing them to follow her, but this character is not allowed to get close one meter.
Womanizers shocked by her beauty pursued without realizing what place they were
going, reaching the General Cemetery , place where the lady was about to discover her
face, saying these words: You know me as I am, now wants to follow me. In moments
her beautiful face was breaking up to be a skull, from which flowed foul odors. Seeing
this the victims died and some were impacted by the shock, others by the stench. Very
few survived those who were ranked by the popular culture as rascals. She then
appeared in this way was the way to go.