Curupira

Curupira presents as a kid of about seven years, with the body covered with long hairs and having their feet turned backwards. Initial reports were recorded by the Portuguese in the early centuries of discovery, and since that time is vlsto as an evil entity, a demon or an evil spirit; course that was painted with the paint palette of missionaries, the same as colored Jurupari. The information is also the most diverse: It is a brownie, now a demon bad, sometimes an ogre or a gnome. The point at which all agree is their condition as God of indigenous forests, a protector. As protector of forests, mercilessly punish those who hunt for pleasure, that kills pregnant dogs and puppies defenseless, but supports the hunter who is hunting their only food source, or to slaughter an animal in real need. Physical descriptions are disparate and confusing: a Curupira appears "acanga piroka" - bald head - another is lame and UNIPEDE. The most common figure is that of an anthropomorphic being of small stature - child or dwarf - very hairy and with heels facing forward. As we noted, Curupira incorporated other attributes and extended its powers and its area of ​​action, but the character remains beneficent and protective. Nevertheless the traditional version states that a meeting with this elf is always unpleasant and striking. One of the tricks that the shifting cultivators use when they realize they are victims of Curupira, is to make small wooden crosses, strongly tied with vine Timbui, and hide the edge of the node. Say Curupira is trying to undo the knot and forgets the hunter, which can then slip, get away.