Count the legend que muy a menudo los habitantes de la Sierpe Street ubicada en el Barrio Getsemaní de Cartagena de Indias, escuchaban en las horas de la noche un ruido como de algo grande arrastrándose sobre el suelo y como con cascabeles de serpiente. Nadie acertaba a dar explicación a lo que oían, puesto que no tenían el valor suficiente como para asomarse a la calle y averiguar la naturaleza de aquel ruido.
It was then that in 1608 the mayor of the city –Don Antonio de Viloria– he gathered his courage and watched the street in person, until finally one night he was able to reveal the mystery. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a huge snake emerged, threatening as it was with phosphorescent eyes, writhing and noisily shaking the large bells on its tail. The mayor, who was not just anyone facing horrors, drew some magical figures in the air that he had learned when he was on the island of Santo Domingo.
(Also know: The Legend of the Limelight)
This spell took effect since the snake began to writhe and transform into what it really was: an ordinary woman, a witch. When the witch saw herself cornered by the mayor, she asked him for forgiveness and begged for mercy, but she was imprisoned without mercy, she was imprisoned until 1614 when the Holy court of the Inquisition He sentenced her to two hundred lashes and final exile according to legend.
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