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Always with his feet facing backwards and with prodigious physical strength, he deceives hunters and travelers, making them lose their way, leading them astray inside the forest, with whistles and false signals. From Maranhão south to Espírito Santo, its constant nickname is Caipora. Eduardo Galvão informs: "Curupira is a genius of the forest.
In his influential 1824 work, Finnur Magnússon suggested that the stags represented winds. Based on an interpretation of their names, he took Dáinn ("The Dead One") and Dvalinn ("The Unconscious One") to be calm winds, and Duneyrr ("Thundering in the Ear") and Duraþrór ("Thriving Slumber", perhaps referencing snoring ) to be heavy winds.
A gilded wooden figurine of a deer from the Pazyryk burials, 5th century BC. Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world, such as object of worship, the incarnation of deities, the object of heroic quests and deeds, or as magical disguise or enchantment/curse for princesses and princes in many folk and fairy tales.
1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.
“Charlotte Denon wants a Tiffany engagement ring and for her boyfriend to stop dragging his feet and commit already.” —Michael “There’s room for everyone on the nice list!” —Buddy
CCTV footage has captured the moment a speeding deer flies through the air into a man's truck, just as a viewer arrives to potentially purchase the vehicle. The video, posted by Jay Vaughan on 1 ...
Blake Shelton is just like Us — he has a tattoo he now regrets.. Shelton, 48, laughed about how much he hates his arm ink while chatting with CMT on Thursday, January 23. “You know, they say ...
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