Lik'ichiri Explained

Lik'ichiri
Elevation M:4086
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Bolivia
Potosí Department,
Tomás Frías Province
Range:Andes
Map:Bolivia
Label Position:right
Map Size:200
Coordinates:-19.4806°N -65.725°W

Lik'ichiri (Aymara lik'i fat, grease, fatness -chiri a suffix, "fat remover", lik'ichiri a supernatural creature of the Andean cultures,[2] hispanicized spelling Likhichiri, equivalent to pishtaco)[3] is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia in the Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality.[4] It lies north of Potosí and the river Samasa and east of the village Tarapaya. Lik'ichiri is about 4086m (13,406feet) high.

Notes and References

  1. BIGM map 1.50,000 6435-I Don Diego (Linkhichiri 4,086 m)
  2. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39796 unexplained-mysteries.com
  3. Gilles Rivière. Lik'ichiri y kharisiri. A propósito de las representaciones del "otro" en la sociedad aymara . Bulletin de l'IFEA 20(1), 1991, Lima, pp. 23–40.
  4. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/latin_america/se-20-13-sucre-bolivia-2001.pdf lib.utexas.edu