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fourorfivemovements · 1 year

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Thinking about the variations on the werewolf legend on the Brazillian folklore, as it changes according to the region.

Basically, if you are a boy who:

- Is the thirteenth child

-Is the eight child and the seven previous children were women

-Is the eight child period

-Is the seventh child out of thirteen

-Is the seventh child of the seventh child

-Was born on Good Friday at midnight

-Is the child of a incestuous relationship

-Is the child of a relationship between a woman and a priest

-Wasn’t baptized

-Has anemia

you will become a werewolf once you turn 13.

Only men become werewolves. (I couldn’t find any source saying that if a person is attacked by a werewolf and survives will also become a werewolf). Also, the curse is hereditary.

You can identify a werewolf if a man is easily annoyed, barely eats (but when he does, is usually spicy and/or salty food), is usually tired and is lazy, and is thirsty all the time. Some versions say that a man who is pale and has a large nose and ears is also a werewolf.

The transformations happen every Friday; the full moon is rarely mentioned. The victim goes to a crossroad, becomes a werewolf and does his thing, then goes back to that crossroad before dawn to turn human again. Curiously, becoming a werewolf doesn’t necessarily means that you will become a wolf or a wolf hybrid. Sometimes you just become a dog or even some unspecified animal ( even a pig counts). The main victims or werewolves are animals, in some regions non baptized babies are also included. Most versions say that the werewolf only drinks their blood.

In some regions, you cut off the paw of a werewolf, you will cure him. You can also make a werewolf turn human again (not necessarily cure him) by cutting him with a knife or a sharp object, enough to draw blood. Silver bullets also kill werewolves, but in some regions a regular bullet, covered with the wax of a candle used in a mass will do the trick. You have to shoot the werewolf through the heart to kill it. Another way to get cured is, on your first night as werewolf, you have to visit seven graveyards until sunrise. A possible result of not being able to do this is staying in werewolf form forever.

Overall this is what I could find. Feel free to add more.

#I just did this research because I had a dream about someone telling about the seven graveyards thing last night #oh well #Werewolves #brazillian stuff #Brazillian Folklore #Folclore #Folclore Brasileiro #Lobisomem #Lobisomens #My Post

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laurasimonsdaughter · 2 years

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Just remembered a brazillian childhood favorite. It's supposedly the origins of water lilies. So in this tale the moon is alive and likes to take young women and make them her lovers, turning them into stars. One indigenous young woman falls in love with the moon and one night stays up trying to make it turn her into a star. She follows it as it moves in the sky as the night advances, and eventually she is near a river and sees the moon reflected on the water. Maybe because of the exhaustion, she's convinced the moon came down to take her and so jumps into the water, and eventually drowns. The actual moon feels guilty, and so creates the water lily in her honor, so she's now a star in the water

That is such a beautifully tragic story and I could have sworn I've heard it before, but I cannot find it anywhere on my blog!

Thank you for sharing ^^

#brazillian folklore #cw drowning #anon

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cosmicluci · 2 years

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I drew this for Halloween in 2019. In Brazil, Halloween coincides with Saci Day (Dia do Saci), a folklorical one-legged prankster being. And I decided to draw a spooky version of him.

#cosmicluci #traditional art #monster #monster art #holiday #halloween #spoopy #spooky #spooky season #folklore #brazillian #saci #dia do saci #demonic #demon #demonic art #creature #creature design

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battlescarsh · 2 months

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Superstitions I've heard growing up in Brazil !

Don't whistle indoors or else you'll attract Saci Pererê (a prankster mythological being)

Don't open an umbrella indoors cuz it brings bad luck

Itchy palms mean money is coming your way

Ears red and hot mean someone is talking about you

Biting your own tongue while taking also means someone is talking about you

If someone swept your feet w a broom you won't ever get married

Don't point a finger at the moon or else a wart will grow on it (many pointed w their elbows lol)

Sun and rain = widow's wedding; Rain and sun = Spanish wedding.

Asking for the eldest person in the room for their blessing when arriving/leaving.

If someone offered to be your child's godmother/father you couldn't refuse or else it'd bring bad luck to u and the child.

Don't eat anything you find at a graveyard (offerings to the dead or trees w fruits).

Turn shoes around if they're w the sole facing upwards.

Placing a broom outside (like, leaning on the front door or close to it) will repel unwanted guests.

Don't walk under a stair, brings bad luck.

Hit the wood three times to un-jinx yourself, or to "unsay" stuff, as if to not attract whatever bad thing you said.

Eating grapes under a table during the new year's countdown (like, while it goes from Dec 31 to Jan 1), attracts a romantical partner.

Eating a plate of lentils while standing on a chair on this ^ same situation (attracts good luck).

Can't see the bride before the ceremony.

Jumping three waves during the new year's countdown.

Breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck.

To find a lost object jump three times, and "São Longuinho" (a saint) will find it for you.

Don't toast w someone if your cup has an alcoholic drink and theirs don't, you risk having your wishes mixed up.

When getting out of bed in the morning, place your right foot on the ground first, for good luck.

Similarly, when entering a building, do so w your right foot, for the same reason.

7 years of bad luck to whoever kills a cat.

Make a wish when blowing your birthday's candle, but don't say it out loud, or else it won't become true.

Walking backwards brings bad luck.

Kids shouldn't jump over a window, or else they'll become thieves.

#superstitions #brazil #brazillian superstitions #myths #folklore #brazillian myths #Brazilian folklore #ill add more as i remember #there's a lot of stuff #specially considering my country is huge af

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sneefer-beaw · 8 months

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YOU GUYS HAAAAAVE TO WATCH CIDADE INVISIVEL ON NETFLIX GRAAAAAAHHHH

#sheep rambles #please go watch it it has brazillian folklore and so many plot twists #it also has an english dub so yallcan understand it lmao

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lelet-draws · 19 days

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Heath Burns Curupira AU/Redesign + Abbey

So basically, I’m not a fan of this trope of mixing up Hades with the Devil. In this version Heath is the son of Curupira.

Curupira is a forest demon from brazillian folklore. He has fire hair and feet turned the other way around. He is the protector of the forest which I thought went well with G3 Heath being an environmentalist.

This design is based on my personal interpretation of the legend and some creative freedoms here and there.

#sorry if the anatomy isn’t the best #had a shitty day yesterday #so i decided to just draw whatever i wanted #monster high #mh #monster high gen 3 #mh redesign #mh au #heath burns #abbey bominable #heath x abbey #habbey #my art

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superloves4 · 10 days

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I think Tolkien would’ve loved Brazillian folklore

It’s just full of little guys who will fuck up anyone that messes with nature

#silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #jrr tolkien

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madwomansapologist · 1 year

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Moonboys: first meetings

synopsis: Love is hard. You have to fight for it. But falling in love is so easy.

translation: "Vai se foder" = "Go fuck yourself" | "Hijo de puta" = "Motherfucker" (that is not a great way to translate that curse word, but its the best we can do"

warnings: female!reader. brazillian!reader for Jake because I make the rules here. mention of Matt Murdock. a asshole gets what he deserved. pure fluff. mention to Marc's past, but then more fluff. even for jake. fluff for everyone 💐💐💐

note: happy valentine's day everyone!!!

Steven Grant

• Steven had been yelled by Donna for a lot of reasons. Because he was late, or teaching kids, or acting like a tour guide, or chattering about the egyptian culture, or bored while doing the day's chore. And even tho he really did all those, Steven would be lying if didn't mention the huge amount of times he was daydreaming about love

• He dreamed about a girl that would rock his world. Steven liked to think that one day she would enter the museum, their eyes would meet and then... They would just know that their lives were intertwined. That everything that ever happened was just the fates taking them to each other arms. Steven didn't dreamed about a girlfriend, but about a soulmate

• Steven is obssessed over egyptian culture, but he always thought that those invisible red strings bonding soulmates was the peak of romance. Steven is not a specialist on japanese culture, but he likes that way of thinking. And, yes, he did listen to Folklore a few times

• He dreamed about it so many times, but never thought that it could be possible. So when Steven found out that Donna was going to be replaced with a new staff manager, the last thing he thought about was love. He only prayed to whatever gods listening that this new person would be better than Donna was. Or at least not worse

When monday came, Steven made sure he would arrive at time. First impressions matter, specially in a boss-employee relationship. With time before his work began, he walked around the National Art Gallery. Steven found himself admiring the photographs of the Book of the Dead. And when he felt the presence of someone beside him, he couldn't help himself.

"Do you know they belived that, after their death, they would be able to read the book to make sure they are making every step right?" Steven chattered, happy to talk about his interest.

"If I was Osiris, I would consider this cheating." You responded with a light giggle. "Every culture have their own funeral rites, but I think that the egypcian is the fairer."

Steven looked at you with curiosity, but when he saw you his whole body just stumble. You were divine. You looked divine. Steven could feel his cheeks getting hotter. All he wanted was to pull his shirt up his face and hide himself, but he couldn't move.

"Why do you say that?", Steven whispered.

"Everyone always has a chance to try again", your eyes lingered to his face, but soon they come back to those photographs. "Don't matter what they do wrong. If they are unable to pass the heart weighing, or to declare the correct prayers for the pantheon, or to be honest about their flaws during live. They will just... live again. Until they are finally able to pass all those tests. Death isn't the end is just... a chance to begun again."

Steven couldn't even breath. He feel like his body was combusting. Steven usually are the one that talk with passion, but this is the first time he ever heard someone that was... willing to be heard by him. It was a nice feeling.

"Oh, I am so sorry." Your smile was a lovely sight. "I didn't mean to chatter."

"No! I... You didn't chatter. I mean, you did, but it didn't botter me. Not at all", and now he was the one chattering. "I was trying to say that I liked to hear you talking."

You tried not to laugh and it it hurts you cheeks not to, but you didn't want him to be more embarrassed. He was just so sweet. So delicate. "That's fine... Sorry, whats your name?"

"Steven. With a V." He smiled. "And you are..."

And then he saw. The employee identification pin on your right shoulder. The one that not only said your name, but also your role. Staff manager.

• Maybe... just maybe, Steven finally was going to live his chick flick romance.

Marc Spector

• Marc was avoiding anything that could be related to love. After his marriage, after everything he went through, that last thing he wanted was to deal with that. Marc wasn't looking for love but he couldn't control his heart. And he tried. The list of things he couldn't control was short, but larger than he wanted: what his heart wish, and what Konshu demands

• And Konshu wanted him to fight. Marc get used to that, what does not mean he didn't understand the consequences of his own violence. His brain gets that he don't have a choice, bus his heart... Oh, it wrecked little thing never does what Marc want

• On the subway, going back to his home, all those feelings that he fought decided to came out of the spot Marc hid them. All at once. Marc felt everything. The blame, the guilt, the anger. He heard his brother's voice, his momma screaming, his father divided between his lover and his kid. Marc felt everything. Someone in the subway called for help, what ended with him on a hospital

• When he get himself together, after the fear and panic dissapear, Marc tried to get out of there. And at that moment, when he was puting his combat boots while sit at the bed, you opened the blue curtains

"I don't need help", said Marc, not caring if he would sound rude. He continue to focous on his boots.

He heard the heels of the person walking around his bed. "If thats what you think, Mr. Spector", you responded sitting on the bed beside his. Marc saw a green pair of high heels, but continued to focous on his own pair of shoes. "Oh, sorry. Its Doctor Spector, right? It must be for you to be so sure that everything is fine."

"My ego is not so fragile. Say whatever you want, I am going home." Marc stand up and look at the doctor in front of him. His mind frooze. He shouldn't, but suddenly Marc's body wanted to just sit there with you. You were, well, gourgeous. "I don't have time for this bullshit."

"Either do I." You mirrored him, standing up. "But if you realize that actually you may need help, considering how many bruises you have on your torso and that your exams are so bad that I am actually scared about your living conditions, then comeback here."

"I wont."

"As you wish." You made your way out of that space reseverd for those who are unconsious. "But I have a certain experience with vigilantes and I know that they always come back."

Mark felt his heart beating faster.

"W-What did you say?" He walked towards you. "Don't you think that you need to rest? You're saying weird things, doc."

"Okay", you smiled. "If thats how you want to face that situation. Until our next meeting."

• You were right. Marc come back, like all those vigilantes that you had deal with before. You still not so sure, but you think that Matt Murdock was marketing your work to others.

Jake Lockley

• Steven wanted to love so bad that almost didn't realized when his chance was right before his eyes, Marc was running away from love without noticing that he was running towards it, but Jake... Jake didn't have time for this

• Jake has work to do. He is the one protecting those dumbass. He is the one fighting. Doing the dirty work that Konshu needs. He is the one that need to deal with anger, sadness, madness. Jake don't have time for love. But he always have time for one beer

• Thats what Jake do when he need to exhale for a second. He go to a bar, take a few beers, watch a game and go home. He is a simple man

Jake only have that moment to exhale. A moment where Konshu, Marc, Steven or anything else didn't need his attencion. Is only Jake, his beer and a game. But that man turned that moment into something he didn't want to enjoy anymore. He was yelling, saying bullshit with his friends, making everyone's night a living hell.

"Hijo de puta", Jake murmured to himself.

But after some minutes a uncomfortable way to behave in public turned into something more. That man stand up, so drunk that Jake could smeel the alcohol, and decided that he didn't have enough fun. He decided that need to go after a woman who was drinking alone.

"Hello, hottie", that made Jake lick his lips. He corrected his posture, now looking at the drunk man. He touched the woman's hair. Jake was ready to interfere. "What about some company?"

"Vai se foder", you responded with a smile. Jake didn't realized, but a smile was trying to break free from him. "No."

"Oh, I love latinas." The man continued. "They have a fire that... Now I am imagining what else your filthy mouth can do."

Jake stand up and walked towards the pig, but you acted before he could do anything. When he saw the beer going straight to that man's head, Jake got himself in a state of shock.

"Are you fucking stupid?", you screamed to the man. "Don't you ever look at me again. Did you heard me?" Then you looked around until you found the barman that gave you your beer. "Hi, could you give me another one? I am so sorry for the mess, he will clean everything."

• Thats it. Jake was in love.

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patchwork-artists · 1 year

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Applying my luck cats for the entry!

Ella is an afro-brazillian punk cat with extreme bad luck that works part-time on her hyperfixation as a barber and full-time as a folkloric dancer and singer in a circus she organized with her friends, she's the dance and singing partner to her soulmate, Jayden the calico. Ella is very passionate bold person who is allergic to rules, but is extremally kind and easily embarassed and socially awkward and very very loyal to her family. Jayden, an indigenous-brazillian cat, with extreme good luck, is very kind, gentle and calm, loves to take care of others and make sure they know they are loved, but due to that nature it's easy to overlook how he's equally as punk and a chaos lover as her(despite his chronic anxiety)

Honestly, they love being anarchists so must that they can't keep a job, because on every job of theirs on their first day they start a union and get kicked out. They're also t4t relationship anarquists, not even their relationship is safe from their love of anarchy. They used to be toons in 1920 with their own cartoon, with Jayden being the hero and Ella being the villain, they hated each other and were enemies, but bonded at their passion for not letting others tell them what to be. When their rule-defying behaviour got the show cancelled, they were put to frozen animation, only to be rebooted in 2020, alongside Jayden's love interest, love rival, and two "fan favourite" secondary characters for an experimental first season.

During the reboot, they were re-written so drastically that they suffered amnesia, with eventual flashbacks of the past, and stood up to be more than what their roles told them they could be.

Aditional information: They’re on their 20s (or rather, they’re 120 years old)

Others: Jayden mini rant //

#ella&jayden #ella felina #jayden the calico #rubberhose ocs #rubberhose characters

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sunliv · 6 months

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fun fact there's a Brazilian wonder woman named Yara Flor and iirc Starfire, both were based on Afro Brazillian models!

there's a brazilian starfire????????? I WANT HER

also YEAH!!!! YARA!!!! i love her lots she's so pretty and i find her stories very fun!! it's always cool to see brazilian folklore in her comics too, seeing like the boi tatá was SO COOL i remember being like WHOA. other people know about that? was awesome lol

#i really like her :]#mailbox #starry-river-serval

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corposeco · 10 months

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Fr I dream of a world where Andy Muschietti makes Reverse Flash a fucked up being, more physically I mean. Yeah, because horror movie director, yeah.

He's giving strong Corpo Seco vibes to me.

Oh yeah, it's a tale from the brazillian folklore where a man was so evil in life, that not even heaven nor hell wanted to take his soul so he was banished back to earth, raising from his grave like a decaying, bone dry thing cursed to haunt humans forever.

#bloguerinho #eobard thawne #reverse flash #dc #professor zoom #the flash movie #in case anybody would like to read this silly thought #also unintentional user name lore lol

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lostpeace · 2 years

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-Viracocha, the creator deity of Inca mythology. After creating the world and teaching humans how to build civillization, he took on an observant role, and was rarely actively worshipped.

-Supay, Incan god of death and darkness. After the christianization of South America, he became equated with the Christian devil. He also became a central character of the Diabladas folk dances.

-Besta Fera, a form of the devil in Brazillian folklore. It is said to take the form of a horned centaur and carry the souls of the damned into hell.

#demonology #angelology #inca mythology #brazillian mythology #viracocha #supay #besta fera #oc

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laurasimonsdaughter · 2 years

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Now I can't stop infodumping, but Iara, that Anon mentioned, is also a very cool case, because folklorists say she's probably based on indigenous tales about Cobra Grande (giant river snake) and variants, which are another favorite for me! In indigenous mythologies, Cobra Grande is often dangerous, drowning and eating people like Iara, but it also has children with indigenous folks and is part of many creation myths like the origin of night and rivers. How did that turn into a mermaid, right??

It's fascinating! Especially since the exact origins are so hard to trace.

The book on water spirits I have talks of "Oiára" and calls them beautiful water maidens with long black hair that they with entwine morenú flowers and that have the tail of a porpoise. They lure young men with their song, embrace them and drown them.

But then someone else names the Uauyará, who is male but transforms himself into either a river porpoise or a handsome man who seduces women. Which sounds more like the shapeshifting boto/pink river dolphin. (Maybe he is also a descendant of the Cobra Grande?)

Another entry calls the Yara a "water-witch" and states that her singing causes a sort of sickening, melancholy longing that causes their victims to join her in the water.

The Langs included a story about a Yara in The Brown Fairy Book (1904), adapted from Folklore Bresilien. But you never know how much adaptation was done with those books. Because in this story the young man that is the Yara's intended victim, is saved by his beloved, who gives him a seashell which she sings a song into, so he can drown out the song of the Yara. Which is intensely romantic but does not quite feel fitting with the other folklore snippets about how dangerous these Brazillian mermaidens are...

#brazillian folklore #yara #iara #mermaids #foklore #mermay #because it still is!#ask #mirror-of-too-many-books #laura babbles

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doritofalls · 1 year

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I saw an amaguuji comic where kiyo says his favorite movie is human centipede and it got me thinking on what types of movies he'd watch... I don't think he'd be big into horror movies, I think he would be more into documentaries like ilha das flores (documentary about the trash system in brazil), alphaville o outro lado do muro (documentary about a luxury condo in Brazil and how everyone living there is shitty and racist), Bicho de sete cabeças (movie about psychatric hospitals based on real facts)

(all of these are brazillian bc these where the first ones that popped up in my mind and no more than that)

i know EXACTLY which comic you're talking about. the song as well, it is never not stuck in my head for too long. that being said while i don't think kiyo would particularly like human centipede, the song DOES fit him.

i think kiyo would not be much into horror for horror's sake? like i imagine he would like a lot of more supernatural-themed jhorror since it often has an inspiration in folklore, as long as it didn't try to claim itself as factual. he probably couldn't see the reason behind a slasher or a zombie movie though and least of all shock horror like human centipede. i don’t think he is bothered by gore but he also doesn't seek it out in his everyday life, not even make-believe gore.

i think he would love docus as well! he brings some really heavy sorrowful stuff to a movie night because it's a conversation starter and is surprised the mood is dead by the end of it. not to say he wouldn't like most kinds of documentaries probably, but keeping his sense for the macabre in mind, he would be onto some dear zachary/the bridge kind of thing. i think he would enjoy seeing documentaries as a very dubious genre, an effort to make unbiased narratives that will inevitably claim the creator's agenda.

#neither of those movies are a fun time but i wasn't trying to be morbid for morbid's sake with examples #he'd like documentaries that make you wanna die is what i mean #mcfreakin answered #anon #kiyoanon

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