Mexican writer Artemio de Valle-Arizpe, after delving into Mexican colonial history during his time as a diplomat in Spain and at the General Archive of the Indies, penned a number of books on colonial legends, often depicting chaneques with negative undertones as entities associated with the Christian devil.
Artemio de Valle-Arizpe, a Mexican writer who studied Mexican colonial history while serving as a diplomat in Spain and at the General Archive of the Indies, created numerous books about colonial legends. He frequently depicted chaneques as negative figures associated with the Christian devil.