Author: _brujo3000
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Finding Mohán’s Face
There is no such thing as the one and only Mohán. Depending on where you are in Colombia, or who you speak to, he can be old or young, enormous or almost human, frightening or seductive. He can have horns, huge teeth, wild hair, enormous hands or a beard that would easily defeat Hagrid in…
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Three Years Later, a Script
I first started writing the script for a story based in Colombian folklore three years ago, in 2023. But the idea had been floating around in my head for even longer. There were quite a few speculative chats with friends over drinks, and also quite a few Zoom calls with friends: Pipe, a film director…
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In search of a monster
Before the Mohán became the centre of this story, there were a lot of monsters. For years I kept coming across animations inspired by Japanese, Nordic, Irish, Mexican and other mythologies, and wondering why I rarely saw the same treatment given to Colombian folklore. It is so rich and deliciously bonkers that eventually I felt…