- La patasola legend is very famous around South America, so, in every region there is a different although at the same time a similar version from La patasola, even in Colombia this legend is told in various ways.
- In some versions of La patasola, it says that La patasola sings a song when she is happy and alone that song is:
Yo soy más que la sirena;
en el monte vivo sola;
y nadie se me resiste
porque soy la Patasola.
En el camino, en la casa
en el monte y en el río,
en el aire y en las nubes,
todo lo que existe es mío.
Translation
I
am more than the mermaid;
In
the mountains I live alone;
And
nobody refuses me
Because
I am La patasola.
On
the way, at home
In
the mountain and in the river,
In
the wind and in the clouds
All
that exists is mine.
- La patasola has statues in some touristic places around Colombia, such as, Huila, Boyacá and Quindio, for example in the National Park of Coffee. Also her image appear in a lot of festivals, parades and performances during the year.
- In some schools, students make some performances about this myth. Above all in departmental celebrations.
- The song used in the myth was originally written by Roberto Lopez, he just wanted to compose a song based on La patasola legend. Here is a link in which you can listen to it complete but in Spanish. https://open.spotify.com/track/230AbFz0Z9RmpCAKRX0eSg (song number nine [searched in 2015])
- The story have been spreading over Colombia and then to all South America. Making it one of the most famous myths in pre-Columbian stories or legends.
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| Hemyco (2014) Fotos cerca de San-Andres, Tolima dolores tolima [Photography]. Taken from http://www.verfotosde.org/colombia/imagenes-de-San-Andres-19487.html |
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