Mothers of waters: It is present in fairy tales and Amerindian legends. For older Cuban mythology, she is a powerful and magical magical snake or majá that lives in rivers, lagoons, dams and wells, and is responsible for the fact that the waters are always present in these hydrographic accidents. From Pinar del Río to Guantánamo there are numerous stories about the Mothers of Waters. As coinciding characteristics are: majá of great size, often of exaggerated proportions; live in the water and have the maximum responsibility for ensuring that the place where it lives does not dry out. There are also contradictory criteria in its behavior, since for some it is a peaceful animal and for others aggressive; in his physique, sometimes he has jars on his head and sometimes he doesn't. In addition, the criterion that human beings cannot kill or threaten them is expanded, because they could suddenly die, become ill or suffer from fevers.
They have been seen in the Pozo de Caña and the dam of the Mexico batey, in the Jigüe and Naranjo streams of the San José de los Ramos People's Council, and in the dam of the Havana farm of the Mexico-Banagüises People's Council.
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