Pedro Lozano’s Río de la Plata Serpent Traditions

Record summary

Pedro Lozano’s Historia de la conquista del Paraguay, Río de la Plata y Tucumán compiles Jesuit and colonial information about regional peoples, landscapes, animals, and traditions. Serpent-related material in this corpus can help researchers trace how Guaraní and neighboring traditions were translated into Spanish historical writing. The lead is comparative rather than a single verified creature sighting: its value lies in identifying early textual forms that later folklore may transform into giant-snake or river-monster narratives. Exact passages and Indigenous source chains need confirmation.