Eskameca and Tenorí are two characters from an old Costa Rican legend that explains the origin of the name of Tenorio volcano, located in the province of Guanacaste. According to this legend, in pre-Columbian times, there existed in the foothills of this volcano, near the Hill of the Cascabeles, a lagoon in which inhabited a terrible monster that devastated the region and tormented the indigenous Chorotegas, that took of this hill a a crimson substance, with which they painted their pottery vessels. Once, Eskameca, a native beauty, was attacked by the monster while bathing in the lagoon. When his fiancée learned that the brave Tenori of the tribe of Avancari went to hunt the beast in company with other warriors, who left him terrified as they waited for the creature to appear. This one finally appeared and Tenorí attacked it with arrows whose tips had submerged in venom of serpent, pursuing it until the water provided it did not escape. Finally, the monster was never seen again, but it was not known what was the fate of Tenori, so that Eskameca, waiting on the edge of the lagoon, ended up consumed with grief, leaving only the memory of the feat of his beloved in the name of the volcano Tenorio. The corollary of the legend says that in the afternoons, in the forests that surround the volcano, you can see a pink heron and a gallant without luck that take flight to go to get lost at the top of the mountain.
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