PATAGONIAN GNOMES VS THE CHUPACABRA MENACE The arrival of the Spanish at Aten marked the first time a European power set foot in the Supercontinent , and the encounter of the not-quite human Duendes set off heated debates on legal and theological matters across Christendom . Were they besouled beings like normal man? Sub-human creatures, slightly higher than beasts, lacking a rational soul? Or para-human beings, lacking original sin and as such needing to be treated not as beasts or men but as children needing guidance? Whichever the answer any philosophical camp fell on, one thing was certain: the little men were pretty funny. On the years following the discovery of Aten , many Duendes would be sent over all corners of the Spanish Empire , primarily to the Philippines, Spanish America and many disparate Spanish colonies across Atlas, though some would end up in Spain and Africa too. However, these charming circus beasts ( as was often the fate of these ...
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