Where all this comes from
The work
The 7 Guaraní myths is a work by José Baez, a Paraguayan creative director, and part of his cultural universe along with Guerra Guasu. It is free and open.
How to read these myths
We speak of myths of the Guaraní land because they arose and spread in that region, in Guaraní and in rural life. They are not the same as the beliefs of today's Guaraní peoples, such as the Mbyá, Paĩ Tavyterã or Avá Guaraní, who have their own traditions and deserve to be heard in their own voice.
How it was made
The images and motion in this saga were generated with artificial intelligence, with direction, script and editing by José Baez. The felt, clay and stop motion are an aesthetic: there are no physical puppets.
Tribute
The people who appear in the Luisón video are inspired by the cast of Sombras en la noche, the Paraguayan suspense series aired by Canal 13 from 1993 to 1996: Clotilde Cabral, Wilfrido Acosta, Jorge Ramos and Rubén Vysokolán, whom we remember fondly. It is a tribute made with admiration. This site has no connection with the original production.
Works consulted
Items marked Tradition rest mainly on Colmán's text. Online sources are cited as consulted in November 2026.
- Narciso R. Colmán (Rosicrán), Ñande Ypy Kuéra / Nuestros antepasados (1929, versión castellana 1937). Texto en Portal Guaraní
- Mitos y Más, «Tau y Kerana: los siete monstruos guaraníes y su autor»
- Municipalidad de Yaguarón, «Mitos del Paraguay»
- Última Hora, «Yaguarón: la ciudad de los mitos, el arte y la religiosidad popular»
- Wikipedia, «Teju Jagua»
- Wikipedia, «Mbói Tu'ĩ»
- Wikipedia, «Moñái»
- Wikipedia, «Jasy Jatere»
- Wikipedia, «Kurupi»
- Wikipedia, «Ao Ao»
- Wikipedia, «Luison»
- Mythlok, «Ao Ao»
- Mythlok, «Mbói Tu'ĩ»
- Misiones Online y Aves Argentinas, «El yasiyateré»
- ABC Color, «El mito del Luisón» (adaptación de Folklore Paraguayo, Servilibro)
- Izabela Leal, «Perspectivas sobre a Terra sem Mal na poesia contemporânea», Alea, 2021
Know another version?
These tales are alive and change from town to town. If you find a mistake or heard another version, write to @josebaezpy.