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Brazilian mythology is a rich and diverse part of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters, and beliefs. The category is representative of Brazil’s greater culture, being a melting pot of Iberic traditions brought by the Portuguese settlers, African traditions brought by Africans during the ...
Mapinguari statue, Parque Ambiental Chico Mendes, Rio Branco, Brazil. Mapinguari, or mapinguary (also called the juma), are mythical monstrous jungle-dwelling spirits from Brazilian folklore, said to protect the Amazon rainforest and its animals.
Iara in an official commemortive stamp by the Brazilian post office (1974). According to oral tales, Iara is a beautiful young woman sometimes described as having green hair, light brown or copper-colored skin (like that of an Indigenous person from Brazil or of a caboclo), and brown eyes with a tail similar to a freshwater river dolphin, manatee, or fish (the Tupi word y did not have a ...
Brazilian mythology in popular culture (6 P) D. Brazilian deities (10 P) L. Lost City of Z (10 P) Pages in category "Brazilian mythology" The following 17 pages are ...
Brazilian ghosts (1 C, 2 P) I. Indigenous Amazonian legendary creatures (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Brazilian legendary creatures" The following 9 pages are in this ...
The Tupi-Guarani mythology is the set of narratives about the gods and spirits of the different Tupi-Guarani peoples, ancient and current.Together with the cosmogonies, anthropogonies and rituals, they form part of the religion of these peoples.
Portrait of the Saci-pererê (2007) by J. Marconi.. Saci (pronounced or) is a character in Brazilian folklore.He is a one-legged black man, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red cap that enables him to disappear and reappear wherever he wishes (usually in the middle of a dirt devil).
Both Brazilians and Portuguese also have a bogeyman version, which sometimes acquires regional colors where the bogeyman (the shape-shifting Bicho Papão is a monster that is shaped by what the child fears most) is a small owl, murucututu, or other birds of prey that could be on the roof of homes at night (in Brazil) or a mysterious old man ...