{"id":2402,"date":"2026-10-04T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:49:37","slug":"coquena-guardian-y-defensor-andino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/?p=2402","title":{"rendered":"COQUENA: GUARDI\u00c1N Y DEFENSOR ANDINO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><em>En Misterios y Leyendas, el periodista Dar\u00edo Illanes se adentra en el coraz\u00f3n de los Andes, puna \u00a0y los valles calchaqu\u00edes para desentra\u00f1ar la figura de Coquena, el protector.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2728 La leyenda de Coquena: el guardi\u00e1n de los Andes que defiende a las vicu\u00f1as \ud83e\udd99\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fdEQa48mqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfCoquena es un duende, una deidad pagana o un \u00e1ngel guardi\u00e1n de la naturaleza?<\/p>\n<p>Una presencia sobrenatural con <strong>m\u00e1s de 10 mil a\u00f1os de presencia<\/strong> en las culturas originarias de Salta, Jujuy, Bolivia, Per\u00fa y el cord\u00f3n andino. <strong>Coquena cuida<\/strong> a las vicu\u00f1as, guanacos, llamas y a la flora de la Puna, ante codicias y crueldades humanas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/COQUENA09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" \/>A diferencia de las comunidades que trasquilaban la lana mediante el tradicional &#8220;<strong>chaccu<\/strong>&#8221; sin da\u00f1ar al animal, los cazadores furtivos que matan por codicia o mal llamado deporte sufren el castigo del guardi\u00e1n: armas trabadas, extrav\u00edos en la inmensidad, ca\u00eddas en socavones o el temido apunamiento.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/COQUENA07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"271\" \/>Puede llam\u00e1rsele sincretismo (mezcla) cultural a la espiritualidad de las mal nombradas \u201cdeidades\u201d, duendes y \u00e1ngeles protectores.<\/p>\n<p>Es Coquena. Invisible. A veces, huellas de sus pisadas en el polvo, la nieve, el salitre. Dicen que viste con poncho de vicu\u00f1a y \u201cushutas\u201d, o sandalias de cuero.<\/p>\n<p>Protector de animales bellos e inofensivos en la puna y los valles andinos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2728 La leyenda de Coquena: el guardi\u00e1n de los Andes que defiende a las vicu\u00f1as \ud83e\udd99\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fdEQa48mqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En Misterios y Leyendas, el periodista Dar\u00edo Illanes se adentra en el coraz\u00f3n de los Andes, puna \u00a0y los valles calchaqu\u00edes para desentra\u00f1ar la figura de Coquena, el protector. \u00bfCoquena es un duende, una deidad pagana o un \u00e1ngel guardi\u00e1n de la naturaleza? Una presencia sobrenatural con m\u00e1s de 10 mil a\u00f1os de presencia en [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,2,47],"tags":[519,516,18,485,17,50,518,517],"class_list":["post-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alma-eterna","category-destacadas","category-salta","tag-angel-de-la-guarda","tag-coquena","tag-dario-illanes","tag-misterios-y-leyendas","tag-norte-social","tag-puna","tag-valles-calchaquies","tag-vicunas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nortesocial.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}