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title: Duendes
description: Elemental beings of the earth.
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<h2 id="duendes">Duendes</h2>

To speak of duendes is to invoke a generic concept that in turn encompasses various kinds of beings. With differing characteristics, belief in this type of creature appears in almost every tradition.

**Duendes** are entities that inhabit houses or nearby places in such a way that their presence brings consequences that are not always beneficial. They are considered **earth elementals** because that is the element according to which they are governed.