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Curupira - mythological creature (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] ChrisMcMillan@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

You can see one in the Netflix series "Invisible city", plus another couple dozen Brazilian folklore demons. Highly recommendable btw

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Come on, people of Brazil! You gotta have something scarier than a dude with backward feets as your must famous and ¿scariest? demon legend thingy.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How about basically the same thing, but it's a naked kid smoking a cigar? Watch out! He's got second hand smoke!

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Much better! The weirder the folklore demon the better. Tho It's still a far cry from south east Asia folklore. The Penanggalan is one of my favorites.