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Brazilian Folklore

Brazilian folklore and legends include: 1) A blond German-like ghost woman on Fernando de Noronha island who seduces and kills imprudent men. 2) A giant snake with bull horns and fiery eyes that crawls fields at night, sometimes called a fire snake whose eyes can blind people. 3) An Amazon river dolphin that shapeshifts into a handsome man to seduce women and is said to explain children born to unknown fathers.

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Brazilian Folklore

Brazilian folklore and legends include: 1) A blond German-like ghost woman on Fernando de Noronha island who seduces and kills imprudent men. 2) A giant snake with bull horns and fiery eyes that crawls fields at night, sometimes called a fire snake whose eyes can blind people. 3) An Amazon river dolphin that shapeshifts into a handsome man to seduce women and is said to explain children born to unknown fathers.

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Brazilian Legends and Folklore

The ghost of a blond German-like woman that is connected


to the island of Fernando de Noronha. She is said to
seduce imprudent men and carrying them to death.
A giant snake with bull horns and enormous fiery eyes
that crawls over the open fields at night. Sometimes
described as a giant fire snake. Looking at its eyes
blinds people.
An enchanted Amazon river dolphin that shapeshifts into a
handsome man to seduce young women. It is used to explain
the birth of a child whose father is unknown.
An ox that is part of strange folk tale celebrated with
dance and music by the peoples of the Brazilian north.
Jungle spirits that lived in trees but came out at night
to haunt those who were astray.
A menacing, supernatural, old hag that does evil things
to small children who do not go to bed early.
A male jungle genie that protects the animals and the
trees of the forests. It has red hair and backwards feet
to confuse hunters. Hates hunters and lumberjacks.
A mid-aged or elder drifter who visits households in
search of naughty young children for him to carry away
with him, in his sack or bag. When he happens to knock at
a house whose residents have a naughty kid that they no
longer want, these parents give him their kid, that he
puts up in his sack and carries away forever.
A type of freshwater mermaid.
The Afro-Brazilian sea goddess.
The Brazilian version of the Werewolf.
An equine-shaped creature taken by the woman accursed for
having a love relationship with a priest.
A mischievous single-legged black elf-like creature who
is blamed as the culprit of anything that goes wrong at a
farm. It is known as a trickster and usually appears in
farms inside wind swirls. If someone steals its red cap
he'll exchange it for a favour.
A slave boy that died an awful death for not keeping his
owner's horses. He helps people who are looking for lost
things.

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