Curupira

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Curupira

Naming
Binomen	N/A
Morphology
Body type	Humanoid
Intelligence
Sentience	Sentient
Sapience	Sapient
Aggressivity	Variable
Ecology
Place of origin	Brazil
Habitat	Forests
Diet	Omnivorous
Locomotion	Bipedal
Status	DD
Behind the Scenes
Universe	Real

Curupira is a mythical creature of Brazilian folklore who has bright red/orange hair, backward feet and serves as a protector of forests and animals.

In popular culture[]

The Curupira (misspelled as "Curupuri") is mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's science fiction novel The Lost World as the reason why the natives avoid the regions surrounding the Maple White Land plateau. Although it isn't explained, it is possible that what they called Curupira was actually one of the Ape-Men who inhabit the mysterious plateau.

In Robert Abernathy's science fiction story "The Record of Currupira", the titular beast is an amphibious predator which lives in Brazil and has developed a hypnotic call to draw victims to it. Over 50,000 years ago, humans invented musical pipes to protect themselves against it, as the sound of the pipes cancels out the hypnotic effect of the monster's chant.

The Curupira is mentioned and acknowledged as a type of forest Wesen in the Grimm episode "Tree People".