Lechuza also possess the ability to disguise their voices to appear as if it is the cries of an infant in order to draw it's human prey closer. Lechuza possess the power to shape-shift into bird-monsters at night. Sightings of Lechuza are believed to coincide with thunderstorms. The villagers said the owl was really a lechuza and its screams as it was being burned were the witch screaming. One of the powers of the Lechuza is to summon storms. In August 2014, a video of Mexican villagers interrogating and burning an owl alive went viral. Giant birds have been reported in the area, and legends from Native American tribes north of Texas also incorporate giant birds (e.g., thunderbirds).įearers of the lechuza have taken action against actual owls. The exact origin of the lechuza legend is unknown, though it is possible that an actual giant owl was the inspiration for the story. True scary stories with Edi and Nick - LA LECHUZA AND GLIMMERMAN. Stories of the lechuza are thought to have been around since the Spanish colonized Mexico. One theory suggests her house was cursed and brought bad luck into the lives of anyone.
Various methods are claimed to protect against the lechuza: tying seven knots in a rope and hanging it by the front door, throwing salt and chili powder into the bird’s face, shooting the bird, or reciting the Magnificat, a Christian prayer to the Virgin Mary.
She lures her targets, often children or drunk people, out of houses by crying like a baby or by swooping down on cars late at night. Sometimes the owl is variously depicted as black or white and sometimes with the head of the old woman.Įxactly what the lechuza does to exact revenge varies widely across tellings of the story, though most reference the lechuza carrying away unsuspecting prey to her lair. As the story goes, an old woman shape-shifts into a giant owl, La Lechuza, to take revenge on people who wronged her during her life. Lechuza-a Spanish word for a type of owl, especially the barn owl-is a myth popular throughout northern Mexico and Texas. Lechuza refers to a witch that turns into an owl in Mexican and Mexican-American folklore. The dubs were not censored to remove or hide the characters' sexuality, unlike many other Disney series.First of all, what is a Lechuza, you may ask? From : Disney+ launched officially in Hungary and the Czech Republic on June 14, making this the dubs' official release in their respective countries. In January of 2022, the banned Czech and Hungarian dubs were finally released on the Disney+ media service's western platforms.
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Media outlets also fiercely attacked the series and its creators. In June 2021, Hungary also passed a law that associates depiction of LGBTQ+ ideas in children's media as a form of pedophilia, which means the show cannot be legally shown to those under the age of 18. The cause for the ban was the series' LGBTQ+ content, since Disney Channel in these countries has also censored scenes featuring gay characters from their other shows, but this is the first time that an entire series was removed from their schedule. VINCENT VENTURA AND THE CURSE OF THE WEEPING WOMAN / VINCENT VENTURA Y LA. Dubs for both languages were produced and a release date was announced for January 2021, but Disney Channel canceled the premiere and refused to discuss the series, even avoiding answering viewer questions. S2E8 - Teratornis, Wonder Bird of the American West JS2E7: La Lechuza, the Owl Witch JS2E6 - Pecos Bill and Sluefoot Sue The Slightly-More-Accurate Ballad of Davy Crockett S2E5 - The Spirit of Davy Crockett S2E4 - The Snallygaster (Feat. Curse of the Lechusa Johnny V, a weathered San Antonio detective, travels west in the Texas desert, to recover a drug shipment recently confiscated by the local sheriff of Presidio, a small dusty town on the U.S. OF THE WITCH OWL / VINCENT VENTURA Y EL MISTERIO DE LA BRUJA LECHUZA. The series has been banned from television in Hungary and the Czech Republic, two countries that share the same Disney Channel programming.
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