An older fortune teller in town who is a constant source of lust to the Buendía men. With , she produces , and with Colonel Aureliano Buendía’s brother , she gives birth to . She lives to be at least one hundred and forty years old. “Fat, talkative, with the airs of a matron in disgrace.” She smells like smoke, a scent that lures José Arcadio. Later in life she runs a brothel and continues to tell both the past and future using her cards.