Etymology / Usage: 'La Vaca' is Spanish for 'the cow' (feminine singular). In the Bogotá example the site also bears the alternative name Techovita, identified in the source as the name of a cacique of the Muisca Confederation, indicating layered naming practices (Spanish common noun and an indigenous proper name) for the same place. The sources do not provide a mythological origin or narrative treating 'La Vaca' as a spirit or mythic being.
Geographic attestations: Humedal La Vaca (also called Techovita) is described as a small wetland in the locality Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia, in the Tunjuelo River basin on the Bogotá savanna, covering an area of about 8 hectares. Separately, Isla La Vaca is recorded as an islet on Lake Nicaragua in the Granada Department. No physical description of a creature or supernatural entity called 'La Vaca' is provided in the sources.
Attestations / Uses: The sources show 'vaca' used in non-supernatural contexts: as a toponym for landscapes (wetland, islet), as a surname in a telephone-call archive entry (Lucas Vaca), and as a lexical item or title in recorded media (a podcast line employing 'vacă' metaphorically in Romanian; program titles such as 'El hombre de la vaca' or 'lavaca.org'). The supplied materials do not attribute any powers, behaviors, or agency to 'La Vaca'.
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Ladon
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Community Record
- [1]La Vaca (Humedal La Vaca) - Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 'La Vaca' (Humedal La Vaca / Techovita); notes location in Kennedy, Bogotá; Tunjuelo River basin; area ~8 hectares; alternative name Techovita was the name of a cacique in the Muisca Confederation.wiki
- [2]Isla La Vaca - Wikidata. Wikidata entry for Isla La Vaca, recorded as an islet on Lake Nicaragua, Granada Department, Nicaragua.wiki
- [3]#25 Bullitics cu Artur Gurău - VotemeApp: Viitorul democrației (archive.org). Archive.org item; transcript excerpt contains Romanian phrase using 'vacă' metaphorically: 'Calea ferată este o vacă care o fost mulsă...'. No supernatural description.other
- [4]03 08 Lucas Vaca Monsanto (mp 3cut.net) (archive.org). Archive.org telephone-call/audio entry titled with the personal name 'Lucas Vaca'. No folkloric description provided in the metadata.other
- [5]El hombre de la vaca 2012 16 (archive.org). Archive.org program entry 'El hombre de la vaca' / lavaca.org; title contains 'vaca' but no accompanying folkloric or supernatural description in the provided metadata.other