Ellengassen
Ellengassen is a creature of belief (creature lacking in verifiable/objective existence) as per travelers' accounts in South America.
Accounting Figure
Prominent explorer and academic in Argentina Professor Francisco Pascasio Moreno (1852 - 1919) also referred to as Perito Moreno (Perito meaning specialist), mentioned this creature in his works. He travelled in Patagonia in the late 19th century several times.
Description
Etymology
The word Ellengassen comes from the Chon language coined by indigenous people from Patagonia in South America. This creature is also known as Lobo-toro, meaning "wolf-bull" in Spanish.
Physical Description
Ellengassen is said to have a size of that of a bull while having long hair like a horse.
Behavior
It is known to howl like a wolf and is believed to be herbivorous.
Habitat
Ellengassen is believed to live in a den made in caves.
Location
This creature of belief is said to exist in some provinces of Argentina.
Quotes
“Ancient chroniclers inform us that the indigenous inhabitants recorded the existence of a strange, ugly, huge hairy animal which had its abode in the Cordillera to the south of lat. 37. The Tehuciches and the Gennakens have mentioned similar animals to me, of whose existence their ancestors had transmitted the remembrance ; and in the neighbourhood of the Rio Negro, the aged cacique Sinchel, in 1875, pointed out to me a cave, the supposed lair of one of these monsters, called " Ellengassen” ; but I must add that none of the many Indians with whom I have conversed in Patagonia have ever referred to the actual existence of animals to which we can attribute the skin in question, nor even of any which answer to the suppositions of Senor Ameghino according to Senor Lista. ” - Page No. 303 Through the Heart of Patagonia [1]
"..in the neighbourhood of Rio Negro, the aged Cacique Sinchel, in 1875, pointed out to me a cave, the supposed lair of one of these monsters, called ‘ Ellengassen * ; but I must add that none of the many Indians with whom I have conversed in Patagonia have ever referred to the actual existence of animals to which we can attribute the skin in question.” A rude painting in a cavern, in red ochre, seems to Dr. Moreno (whose words we have just quoted) ..." - Page No. 182 The Cambridge Natural History, Vol.10 [2]
"That was long before there was a whistle on any Cordilleran lake. He kept his secret until Prichard came out from England hunting for a live mylodon, after a find of the bony skin and a fresh-looking skeleton of a giant sloth that the paleontologists had mourned for fifty thousand years. Chace heard a legend in Tierra del Fuego of a monster to whom youths and maidens were sacrificed." Page No. 30 A Yankee in Patagonia [3]
References
- ↑ Prichard, H. Hesketh (1902). Through the Heart of Patagonia. New York: D Appeleton and Company. p. 303. Search this book on
- ↑ Beddard, F (1902). The Cambridge Natural History, Vol.10. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Search this book on
- ↑ Chace, Edward (1931). A Yankee in Patagonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 30. Search this book on
- ↑ Moreno, Francisco. P (1879). Viaje á la Patagonia austral, emprendido bajo los auspicios del gobierno nacional. Search this book on
Bibliography
- Hesketh-Prichard, Hesketh; Moreno, Francisco Pascasio; Woodward, Arthur Smith; Thomas, Oldfield; Britten, James; Rendle, Alfred Barton (1902). Through the Heart of Patagonia. D. Appleton. p. 303. Search this book on
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