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Zapam Zucum
or is a voluptuous, dark-skinned, and white-handed goddess among the Aymara and Diaguita populations of northerly parts of Argentina and Chile as well as Bolivia. She is considered the protectoress of the tree (''Prosopis'' spp., conventionally translated as "carob"). Legend Among the Aymara, whose population dwell in La Rioja Province, Argentina, La Rioja Province in the Argentine Northwest, Bolivia, and northern Chile, the tree ("carob") is held sacred. The tree (produces pods and beans) which can be made to into a sweet loaf (''torta'') called , or made into flour for baking, as well as being brewed into different kinds of beverages. According to the storytelling, while the women labor in the fields, the children are kept in the custody of the tree and nap in the tree's shades. If the goddess inhabits the tree, the sound of "Zapam... Zucum" can be heard, and the children stave their hunger for some reason. The babysitting goddess can materialize in the form of a dark-skinn ...
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