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Machukuna

Rinonziwo: suq'a
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The machukuna is a desiccated dead being of the Peruvian highlands, a skeleton or shell that roams the mountains seeking to become flesh again. Unlike the condenado it is often harmless and may labour quietly at night. Its evil variant, the suq'a, preys on the living. Together they show an Andean range of walking dead running from pitiable to predatory.1

Ita hondo
Kwakabva
Andean (Quechua; Peru)
Peru
Chikonzero chacho
Hazvina kumbotsanangurwa
The source consulted describes the being without explaining how it comes about.
Njere
Njere shoma
zvinyorwa zvemumunda

Zvinotaurwa nezvinyorwa

1

Described as a wretched thing of dried bones, or the husk of a human body1

2

It is trying to win back its flesh1

3

Not always hostile, and it sometimes accepts human food1

4

Lives in caves and clefts in the mountainside1

5

The suq'a is its malignant counterpart: it lives in swamps, refuses human food and hunts people at night1

Zvinyorwa

  1. Spooky folklore, monsters and myths of highland Peru - Fertur Peru Travel

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CondenadoAndean (Peru and Bolivia)

Zvimwe zvakafanana

GhoulArabicPocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayRo-langsTibetanToyolMalay and IndonesianXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)Corpo-secoBrazilian
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