The coquena
The legend of the coquena can be traced back to Inca traditions, from which it has spread southward. It was transformed into a second-order Diaguita-Calchaquí deity but with its own cult. It protects Andean animals in general and vicuñas, llamas, and guanacos (the camelids) in particular.
Like Llajtay, the coquena is not the enemy of all hunters, but only of those who prey upon and kill indiscriminately, including young animals and nursing mothers.
The coquena wears a Colla wool cap with ear flaps, although further south it is also described wearing a sheepskin hat.