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.
Mexican writer Artemio de Valle-Arizpe, after researching Mexican colonial history during his time as a diplomat in Spain and at the General Archive of the Indies, wrote several books on colonial legends that often portrayed chaneques as negative entities associated with the Christian devil.