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Mapinguari
Sign in to savethumb|225px|Artwork depicting an appearance of the Mapinguari The Mapinguari or mapinguary is a mythological creature from Brazilian folklore. Referred to as the 'Brazilian Bigfoot' in popular media, the Mapinguari is described as extremely foul-smelling and hairy. Other accounts of the creature reference it having hook-shaped nails, a bipedal gait, a gaping mouth in its belly, and a single eye like a cyclops.
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14 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Description
- Transformations of old men
- Mouth in abdomen
- Christian element
- Single eye
- Fauna identification
- Cryptozoology and paleontology
- In popular culture
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|225px|Artwork depicting an appearance of the Mapinguari The Mapinguari or mapinguary is a mythological creature from Brazilian folklore. Referred to as the 'Brazilian Bigfoot' in popular media, the Mapinguari is described as extremely foul-smelling and hairy. Other accounts of the creature reference it having hook-shaped nails, a bipedal gait, a gaping mouth in its belly, and a single eye like a cyclops.
==Terminology== Cascudo and later commentators speculate the name mapinguari to be a Tupi-Guarani compound mbaé-pi-guari (Guarani: "that, the thing" + "foot" + "crooked, twisted") meaning "the thing that has a clubbed, twisted, or backwards-turned foot".