Caipora
Sign in to savethumb|Caipora riding a "forest hog" () or peccary Caipora () or Caapora (Kaapora) is a forest spirit or humanoid and guardian of wildlife or game in Brazilian folklore.
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Etymology
- Figurative use
- Description
- Dwarf or giant, boy or girl
- Habitat, mounting animals, herd, dog
- Protector of wild game
- As terror
- Love relationships
- Comparative analysis
- Pop culture references
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|Caipora riding a "forest hog" () or peccary Caipora () or Caapora (Kaapora) is a forest spirit or humanoid and guardian of wildlife or game in Brazilian folklore.
The word "Caipora" comes from Tupi and means "inhabitant of the forest" and perhaps may be traced to Kaagere (also meaning "forest dweller" and an alias of anhanga) of the Tupi-Guaraní mythology, but this is far from definite.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caipora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.