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See the second part here: atmaflare.deviantart.com/art/B…

Gonna be busy for a while longer, I've just returned from a trip
in northeast Brazil and I already have a lot of college work to do...

The good news is that I've been sketching some Brazilian folklore
figures this last week, so why not post them here? Brazilian folklore
information is hard to find in english, so I hope you guys learn something
new!

Just to emphasize, these are drawings i've been doing on my notebook while traveling
and watching classes, so their designs are not so elaborate as my other drawings,
nor their scans are as good... Sorry guys...

---1: Saci--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A trickster spirit from Brazilian folklore, having the appearance of a black skinned
youngster with just one leg and holes in the palms of his hands, constantly smoking
a pipe and wearing a magic red cap. He travels around using dust devils, and is an
annoying prankster, making the lives of the humans around him an absolute mess by
hiding things, spoiling the food, etc... To stop one, you must imprison him inside
a glass bottle, or if you can, slaving him by stealing his hat, the source of his
magical powers.
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---2:Mula-sem-cabeça ("The Headless Mule")------------------------------------------
A ghostly mule with a blazing flame instead of a head who haunts the fields at night.
It is said that any woman who dates or marries with a priest becomes cursed and turns
into one. If you can make it bleed, it turns back into a human woman, but only
temporarily if she doesn't end up confessing her sins.
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---3: Boi-Tatá----------------------------------------------------------------------
The personification of the will o' wisp in Brazilian folklore, taking the form of a
huge, flaming snake covered in eyes. It is the protector of the forest, and severely
punishes anyone who mistreats it. It burns with a magical fire that never goes out,
even when it goes to sleep at the bottom of a lake. According to some legend, the
Boi-tatá was originally a normal snake, who lived quietly in a mountain cave. When a
deluge came to the forest, all animals sought refuge in the cave, but instead of
helping them, it killed and devoured the eyes of each animal, its favorite delicacy.
The light of the eyes of the animals started to make the snake's stomach burn, until
it was engulfed in flames as a punishment from the gods. From that point on the snake
was renamed Boi-tatá ("Fiery Snake"), and was punished to become the guardian of the
forest.
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---4: Curupira----------------------------------------------------------------------
A forest spirit from Brazilian folklore, having the appearance of a small boy with
fiery red hair, green teeth and feet turned backwards. He's a protector of the
forest, and punishes anyone who doesn't respect or does some harm to it by making them
lose their way in the wilderness. In early Tupi-Guarani mythology, he was originally
a forest god.
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---5: Cuca--------------------------------------------------------------------------
An old hag and a boogeyman-type figure from Brazilian folklore who kidnaps and eats
disobedient children, and is used in bedtime stories to frighten children into
good behavior. She's the main villain in the children's book series "Sítio do
Pica-Pau Amarelo", causing trouble for the main characters in almost every book.
During the first TV adaptation of the series, she was represented as an alligator-
headed witch, and is remembered as such in pop-culture ever since.
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---6: O boto-cor-de-rosa ("The Pink River Dolphin")---------------------------------
Also known as an Encantado ("Enchanted One"). According to legends of the Amazonian
people in northern Brazil, the Pink River Dolphin is magical creature that has the
power to change into human form. They appear disguised as well-dressed handsome males
during parties, and seduce young women who then they have intercourse with, only to
never be seen again. Because of this, bastard childs are usually blamed to be the
Enchanted Ones' fault. The only way to identify an disguised Enchanted One is to
remove the hat they always wear that hides their blowhole, the only part of their body
that remains the same during the transformation.
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---7: Boi da cara preta ("Black-faced Ox")------------------------------------------
The boogeyman-type creature of the eponymous brazilian lullaby, which roughly translates
as such:
"Ox, Ox, Ox, Black-face Ox.
Go get this child who's afraid of scowls."

No one seems to remember what the lyrics mean or refers to anymore.
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---8: Chibamba----------------------------------------------------------------------
A mysterious entity who haunts the streets at night looking for misbehaving children
to eat. Its clothes are made of banana leaves, and it dances instead of walking, making
pig-like noises while doing so. The word "Chibamba" has roots in an old African style
of dance that was practiced by slaves during the time Brazil was still a colony, and
because of this it is believed the myth was born when slave wet-nurses took their lord's
children to the Chibamba events, telling them that the dancers were actually evil
monsters that would devour them if they misbeahaved.
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---9: Matinta-Pereira---------------------------------------------------------------
A supernatural bird from Brazilian folklore, who flies through the night making
ghastly sounds. Its cries, which sound just like its own name, are cursed, and
should you hear it you must invite the Matinta immediately for some coffee and
tobacco at your house the next morning to avoid its dark magic. If so, an old
woman will appear at your house the following morning, asking for the coffee and
tobacco, and will finally leave you alone should you give her both. In the old
Tupi-Guarani mythology, the bird was an envoy of the underworld, carrying messages
from the dead to the living.
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---10: Caramuru---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Tupi-guarani god of fire and ocean storms, who can be benevolent or malevolent
depending on his mood. The legends say that when the world was corrupted by evil
and the hearts of men grew dark, Tupã, the great god of light and thunder, wanted
to destroy the world along with the humans to start a new one, and gathered all the
gods to discuss the idea. Caramuru approved, and suggested to destroy all humans
with his thunderbolts, but Tupã refused, and used a great deluge instead. It is
said that when Diogo Álvares Carreia, a Portuguese castaway, arrived in Brazil
he was attacked by Indians and tried to defend himself using his gun. Having never
seen firearms before, they thought he was an incarnation of the god.
The word "Caramuru" means "moray" in the Tupi language.
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---11: Româozinho (Lil' Roman)------------------------------------------------------
A little boy who was born with an evil heart, and since small used to trample plants,
hurt the animals and destroy things with great pleasure. One day, he lied to his
father saying that his wife had another man, which made him kill her out of revenge.
His mother, knowing that it was Romão's fault, cursed him in her last breath to never
die and suffer in agony forever, to which he replied with a laugh as he transformed
into a supernatural being. Even today the still haunts small towns as a floating
fireball, doing mischief and making everyone's life as miserable as he can.
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---12: Carranca---------------------------------------------------------------------
Figureheads produced in the northeast region of Brazil, which are attached to boats
because of their supposed powers to repel and protect the river crafts from the evil
spirits that inhabit the São Francisco river. Their names mean literally "scowl",
and they are usually sculpted to represent a human or animal's angry face, the most
common one being a monster with black hair and big fangs, a "vampire carranca".
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...Oh my god... It's finally over...
Hope you liked it! See you guys next time!

Description
See the second part here: atmaflare.deviantart.com/art/B…

Gonna be busy for a while longer, I've just returned from a trip
in northeast Brazil and I already have a lot of college work to do...

The good news is that I've been sketching some Brazilian folklore
figures this last week, so why not post them here? Brazilian folklore
information is hard to find in english, so I hope you guys learn something
new!

Just to emphasize, these are drawings i've been doing on my notebook while traveling
and watching classes, so their designs are not so elaborate as my other drawings,
nor their scans are as good... Sorry guys...

---1: Saci--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A trickster spirit from Brazilian folklore, having the appearance of a black skinned
youngster with just one leg and holes in the palms of his hands, constantly smoking
a pipe and wearing a magic red cap. He travels around using dust devils, and is an
annoying prankster, making the lives of the humans around him an absolute mess by
hiding things, spoiling the food, etc... To stop one, you must imprison him inside
a glass bottle, or if you can, slaving him by stealing his hat, the source of his
magical powers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---2:Mula-sem-cabeça ("The Headless Mule")------------------------------------------
A ghostly mule with a blazing flame instead of a head who haunts the fields at night.
It is said that any woman who dates or marries with a priest becomes cursed and turns
into one. If you can make it bleed, it turns back into a human woman, but only
temporarily if she doesn't end up confessing her sins.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---3: Boi-Tatá----------------------------------------------------------------------
The personification of the will o' wisp in Brazilian folklore, taking the form of a
huge, flaming snake covered in eyes. It is the protector of the forest, and severely
punishes anyone who mistreats it. It burns with a magical fire that never goes out,
even when it goes to sleep at the bottom of a lake. According to some legend, the
Boi-tatá was originally a normal snake, who lived quietly in a mountain cave. When a
deluge came to the forest, all animals sought refuge in the cave, but instead of
helping them, it killed and devoured the eyes of each animal, its favorite delicacy.
The light of the eyes of the animals started to make the snake's stomach burn, until
it was engulfed in flames as a punishment from the gods. From that point on the snake
was renamed Boi-tatá ("Fiery Snake"), and was punished to become the guardian of the
forest.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---4: Curupira----------------------------------------------------------------------
A forest spirit from Brazilian folklore, having the appearance of a small boy with
fiery red hair, green teeth and feet turned backwards. He's a protector of the
forest, and punishes anyone who doesn't respect or does some harm to it by making them
lose their way in the wilderness. In early Tupi-Guarani mythology, he was originally
a forest god.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---5: Cuca--------------------------------------------------------------------------
An old hag and a boogeyman-type figure from Brazilian folklore who kidnaps and eats
disobedient children, and is used in bedtime stories to frighten children into
good behavior. She's the main villain in the children's book series "Sítio do
Pica-Pau Amarelo", causing trouble for the main characters in almost every book.
During the first TV adaptation of the series, she was represented as an alligator-
headed witch, and is remembered as such in pop-culture ever since.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---6: O boto-cor-de-rosa ("The Pink River Dolphin")---------------------------------
Also known as an Encantado ("Enchanted One"). According to legends of the Amazonian
people in northern Brazil, the Pink River Dolphin is magical creature that has the
power to change into human form. They appear disguised as well-dressed handsome males
during parties, and seduce young women who then they have intercourse with, only to
never be seen again. Because of this, bastard childs are usually blamed to be the
Enchanted Ones' fault. The only way to identify an disguised Enchanted One is to
remove the hat they always wear that hides their blowhole, the only part of their body
that remains the same during the transformation.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---7: Boi da cara preta ("Black-faced Ox")------------------------------------------
The boogeyman-type creature of the eponymous brazilian lullaby, which roughly translates
as such:
"Ox, Ox, Ox, Black-face Ox.
Go get this child who's afraid of scowls."

No one seems to remember what the lyrics mean or refers to anymore.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---8: Chibamba----------------------------------------------------------------------
A mysterious entity who haunts the streets at night looking for misbehaving children
to eat. Its clothes are made of banana leaves, and it dances instead of walking, making
pig-like noises while doing so. The word "Chibamba" has roots in an old African style
of dance that was practiced by slaves during the time Brazil was still a colony, and
because of this it is believed the myth was born when slave wet-nurses took their lord's
children to the Chibamba events, telling them that the dancers were actually evil
monsters that would devour them if they misbeahaved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---9: Matinta-Pereira---------------------------------------------------------------
A supernatural bird from Brazilian folklore, who flies through the night making
ghastly sounds. Its cries, which sound just like its own name, are cursed, and
should you hear it you must invite the Matinta immediately for some coffee and
tobacco at your house the next morning to avoid its dark magic. If so, an old
woman will appear at your house the following morning, asking for the coffee and
tobacco, and will finally leave you alone should you give her both. In the old
Tupi-Guarani mythology, the bird was an envoy of the underworld, carrying messages
from the dead to the living.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---10: Caramuru---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Tupi-guarani god of fire and ocean storms, who can be benevolent or malevolent
depending on his mood. The legends say that when the world was corrupted by evil
and the hearts of men grew dark, Tupã, the great god of light and thunder, wanted
to destroy the world along with the humans to start a new one, and gathered all the
gods to discuss the idea. Caramuru approved, and suggested to destroy all humans
with his thunderbolts, but Tupã refused, and used a great deluge instead. It is
said that when Diogo Álvares Carreia, a Portuguese castaway, arrived in Brazil
he was attacked by Indians and tried to defend himself using his gun. Having never
seen firearms before, they thought he was an incarnation of the god.
The word "Caramuru" means "moray" in the Tupi language.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---11: Româozinho (Lil' Roman)------------------------------------------------------
A little boy who was born with an evil heart, and since small used to trample plants,
hurt the animals and destroy things with great pleasure. One day, he lied to his
father saying that his wife had another man, which made him kill her out of revenge.
His mother, knowing that it was Romão's fault, cursed him in her last breath to never
die and suffer in agony forever, to which he replied with a laugh as he transformed
into a supernatural being. Even today the still haunts small towns as a floating
fireball, doing mischief and making everyone's life as miserable as he can.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---12: Carranca---------------------------------------------------------------------
Figureheads produced in the northeast region of Brazil, which are attached to boats
because of their supposed powers to repel and protect the river crafts from the evil
spirits that inhabit the São Francisco river. Their names mean literally "scowl",
and they are usually sculpted to represent a human or animal's angry face, the most
common one being a monster with black hair and big fangs, a "vampire carranca".
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

...Oh my god... It's finally over...
Hope you liked it! See you guys next time!