Character Relationship Map: Bewitched

Characters

• Ansisé (played by Isabel Sarli) — protagonist

  Ansisé is Leandro’s wife, desperate to have a child despite their infertility. After a healer and a doctor offer explanations, she pursues other men and becomes attached to Juan, a new employee on Lea...

• Juan (played by Víctor Bó) — supporting

  Juan is a new employee on Leandro’s property who becomes involved with Ansisé. He alternates between dismissing stories of the mysterious jungle figure and fearing that it may be real, as strange even...

• Jacinto (played by Adolpho Chadler) — supporting

  Jacinto lives on a remote ranch and speaks with Ansisé about the mysterious figure from jungle folklore and her longing for a baby. His encounter with her brings her search for a child and her growing...

• Leandro (played by Daniel de Alvarado) — supporting

  Leandro is Ansisé’s husband, and a doctor identifies him as the cause of their infertility. He tells Juan that he took Ansisé from her own people and brought her to Buenos Aires. As Ansisé grows attac...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ansisé → Juan (Romantic Involvement) — Their growing attachment becomes part of Ansisé's search for a child and a source of conflict with Leandro.

  Ansisé becomes involved with Juan, and the plot says their relationship grows.

• Ansisé → Leandro (Family Married Couple In Decline) — Their marriage is strained by infertility, Ansisé's pursuit of other men, and Leandro's growing resentment.

  The plot identifies Leandro as Ansisé's husband and describes their marriage deteriorating as she pursues her desire to have a child.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Ansisé → Jacinto (Social Discusses Pombero And Her Desire For A Child) — Jacinto is someone Ansisé turns to for a conversation about the legend and her longing for a child.

  Ansisé seeks out Jacinto at his remote ranch and talks with him about Pombero and her desire for a baby.

• Leandro → Juan (Conflict Rivals Over Ansisé) — Their connection is shaped by Juan's growing relationship with Ansisé and Leandro's resentment, though the supplied plot does not describe a direct confrontation between the men.

  Juan is involved with Ansisé while Leandro is her husband; Leandro also tells Juan about Ansisé's past and becomes increasingly resentful and desperat...

Story Analysis

Ansisé's determination to have a child collides with a deteriorating marriage, a growing attachment to Juan, and uncertainty surrounding the Pombero legend.

Plot Progression

1. A Longing Without an Answer — The Pombero legend frames Ansisé's longing for a child and her troubled marriage to Leandro. A healer and a doctor give her reasons to pursue motherhood outside the marriage, and she refuses to abando...
2. A Marriage Under Strain — Ansisé pursues other men as her marriage deteriorates. Her involvement with Juan grows, and Leandro confronts her after finding her at a brothel.
3. The Legend Takes Hold — Ansisé claims Pombero has possessed her, while Juan moves between skepticism and fear. Her conversation with Jacinto and the unexplained sightings leave the creature's reality unresolved.
4. Past and Peril at the Falls — Leandro tells Juan that he brought Ansisé from her people to Buenos Aires and that she never forgot the jungle. He later accuses and threatens her at the waterfalls, where the supplied account ends du...