Talk:Kanima (Beacon Hills)/@comment-2020973-20120619033515

Like other South American countries, the werebeasts here are usually werejaguars, known as runa-uturungu, uturunco, yaguareté-abá, kanima and other names depending on the region. In some tribes, all shamans were thought to have the ability to become jaguars. Female werejaguars have an extra pair of nipples that betray their true nature. A woman with "supernumary nipples" may find herself to be accused of being this creature. In the early 1900s, the legends of weres in Argentina became so widespread that children were being abandoned or killed to protect them from the curse. In the 1920s, Hipólito Irigoyen came to power backed by the Cabal, and managed to get a law passed making all such children the president's godchildren; they receive a gold medal at their baptism, and even today attending the baptisms is an important campaign event.this is what i found