Pombero

El Pombero is a kind of Fey or spirit of Guaraní mythology. This myth is typical of the cultural heritage of Paraguay and the north of the Argentine Littoral region. The Guaraní maintained that it could be an indigenous Guaycurú, a people with whom they had continuous conflicts.

Mythology
It can become both friend and enemy of man, depending on his behavior. According to what is said, the man who wants to have this elf as an ally can leave offerings at night such as tobacco, honey or cane (brandy, elsewhere). Generally, people in the countryside ask him for favors such as growing crops in abundance, taking care of farmyard animals, etc. But after asking a favor, they should never forget to make the same offering every night for 30 days, because if they forget, they will awaken their fury doing innumerable evils in that home.

You should never speak his name out loud, speak ill of him, or whistle in the dead of night, because this makes him angry. You can get revenge by teasing or teasing and even hitting that person. A mere touch with their hairy hands can cause the person to become zonza, molt or experience tremors for the rest of his life. It is said that if the whistle is imitated, the pombero can answer maddeningly. For this reason, and so as not to offend him, the believing people prefer to name him in a low voice and refrain from saying his name in the evening meetings. If you named it at night while playing hide and seek with your friends, be careful, own your soul and sell it in the forest

Many witnesses in the field claim, even today, that they have seen it. You can annoy your enemies by throwing rocks at them or making yourself invisible and then moving tree branches or imitating the voices of wild animals or appearing as a headless ass and the like. Open doors and windows violently. He announces his presence by a high-pitched whistle in the middle of the quiet night. Seeking to scare people by chirping like certain birds when the sun goes down, is another way of knowing that the pomber is very close. It is said that he likes to hang around pregnant women because he thinks he is the father, or also mothers with small babies who have not been baptized and is announced to them in the ways already mentioned.

Mothers tell their young children that they should not go outside at siesta time because they can meet the Karaí Pyhare and he can take them away.