Results for "brazil"
46 entries found.
🇧🇷 BrazilMacumba
A term for Afro-Brazilian spiritual practices, often carrying negative connotations of sorceryBelief · Healing · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 moreBatuque
An Afro-Brazilian religion with spirit possession and a pantheon of Orixás and encantadosTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreKardecist SpiritismSpiritisme
A French spiritualist doctrine based on communication with spirits and reincarnation.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreQuimbanda
An Afro-Brazilian religion focused on male and female street spirits for worldly mattersTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreRéveillon
A long Christmas or New Year's Eve dinner held to stay awake until morningTradition · Luck and prosperity · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreWitchcraft in Latin AmericaBrujería
A syncretic blend of Indigenous, African, and European magical practices across Latin AmericaTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 3 moreOshunỌ̀ṣun
A Yoruba water spirit linked to love, wealth, and the Osun River in Nigeria.Being · Love and attraction · Luck and prosperity Living
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreCocoCoca
A monster used to frighten children into obedience across the Iberian world and Latin America.Figure · Cursing and harm · Binding and oaths Living
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreCrossroads (folklore)
A junction between worlds where spirits are met and deals are madeBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreSanto Daime
A Brazilian syncretic religion using ayahuasca for spiritual work and healingTradition · Healing · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreSan La Muerte
A skeletal folk saint venerated in South America for protection and favorsTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 2 moreỌya
A Yoruba orisha of storms and the dead, worshipped in Africa and the Americas.Being · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCandomblé
An Afro-Brazilian religion blending West African spirits with Catholic imageryTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreOgunÒgún
A West African deity of iron, war and metalworking found in Yoruba and diaspora traditionsBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCurupira
A backwards-footed forest guardian from Brazilian indigenous myth who punishes loggers and misleads travelers.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreMapinguari
A hairy Amazonian monster with a belly mouth and backwards feetBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreChullachaqui
A one-footed forest spirit of the Amazon that lures or challenges humansBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilBoitatá
A fiery serpent of Brazilian folklore that guards forests or frightens childrenBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 BrazilPomba Gira
An Afro-Brazilian spirit of love and desire worshipped in Umbanda and QuimbandaBeing · Love and attraction · Power and authority Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 3 moreYemọjaYemoja
A mother spirit of rivers and oceans worshipped across Yoruba and diaspora traditionsBeing · Protection · Healing Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSaciSaci-pererê
A one-legged prankster of Brazilian folklore who hides in dust devils and wears a magic red cap.Figure · Luck and prosperity · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 BrazilThe Hairy LegPerna cabeluda
A Brazilian urban legend of a detached leg that attacks people at nightFigure · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇧🇷 BrazilPro-VidaPró-Vida, Integração Cósmica
An occultist group founded in Brazil that promises cosmic consciousness and earthly paradise.Tradition · Change and initiation · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilMinhocão
A giant aquatic worm or fish from Brazilian folklore blamed for earthquakes and animal disappearancesBeing Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilBoiúna
A powerful river serpent from Amazonian mythology that shifts shape to guard its watersBeing Legendary
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCabra cabriola
A fire-breathing goat bogeyman used to frighten children in Portuguese and Brazilian folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 4 moreOshosiỌ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì
A Yoruba orisha of hunting, forests and food, honoured in West Africa and BrazilBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSpiritualist art
Art produced during séances by mediums who claim spirits guide their hands or create images directly.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCurse of BraganzaMaldição dos Braganças
A historical myth about premature deaths in the Portuguese and Brazilian royal housesBelief Historical
🇧🇷 BrazilMãe-de-santo
A woman priest in Candomblé, Umbanda and QuimbandaTradition · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilLobisomem
A South American shape-shifter born from family fate or sin, often linked to the full moon.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilMãe-do-Ouro
A Brazilian spirit that appears as a woman or fireball to mark forbidden gold sitesFigure · Protection Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilCapelobo
A Brazilian monster with a long snout that feeds on blood and brainsBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilRomãozinho
A cursed immortal boy from Brazilian folklore who never grows and causes mischief.Figure · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreOshumareÒṣùmàrè
A Yoruba orisha of the rainbow, shown as a serpent and held to be both male and femaleBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇧🇷 BrazilCarranca
A carved figurehead for river boats, believed to ward off evil spiritsCharm · Protection Historical
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCaiporaCaapora
A Brazilian forest spirit that guards game and tests hunters with bribes or terrorBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇵🇭 Philippines and 2 morePsychic surgery
A bare-handed 'operation' that investigators call conjuringBelief · Healing Historical
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreCandomblé Angola
A branch of Candomblé in Brazil honouring Nzambi and the divinities called NkisiTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIjexá
A Yoruba-derived rhythm central to Candomblé ritual and Brazilian carnival musicTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilCasa das MinasQuerebentã Toi Zomadonu
A historic Tambor de Mina temple in Brazil with roots in the Kingdom of DahomeyTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreSack Man
A folk figure used to frighten children into good behaviour by threatening to put them in a sackFigure · Cursing and harm Living
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreProcession of the dead
A folktale pattern of ghosts or souls marching in company, sometimes ledBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilIle Maroia LajiIlê Maroiá Lájié
An old Candomblé house in Salvador, with roots traced to a Yoruba kingdomTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇧🇷 BrazilBestial beastBesta-fera
A centaur-like creature in Brazilian folklore thought to be the Devil.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilConscientiology
A Brazilian study of consciousness and out-of-body experiences founded by Waldo VieiraTradition · Power and authority Living
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreKardecist SpiritismSpiritisme
A French spiritualist doctrine based on communication with spirits and reincarnation.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreQuimbanda
An Afro-Brazilian religion focused on male and female street spirits for worldly mattersTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreRéveillon
A long Christmas or New Year's Eve dinner held to stay awake until morningTradition · Luck and prosperity · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreWitchcraft in Latin AmericaBrujería
A syncretic blend of Indigenous, African, and European magical practices across Latin AmericaTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 3 moreOshunỌ̀ṣun
A Yoruba water spirit linked to love, wealth, and the Osun River in Nigeria.Being · Love and attraction · Luck and prosperity Living
🇵🇹 Portugal and 5 moreCocoCoca
A monster used to frighten children into obedience across the Iberian world and Latin America.Figure · Cursing and harm · Binding and oaths Living
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreCrossroads (folklore)
A junction between worlds where spirits are met and deals are madeBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreSanto Daime
A Brazilian syncretic religion using ayahuasca for spiritual work and healingTradition · Healing · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇦🇷 Argentina and 2 moreSan La Muerte
A skeletal folk saint venerated in South America for protection and favorsTradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 2 moreỌya
A Yoruba orisha of storms and the dead, worshipped in Africa and the Americas.Being · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCandomblé
An Afro-Brazilian religion blending West African spirits with Catholic imageryTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Healing Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreOgunÒgún
A West African deity of iron, war and metalworking found in Yoruba and diaspora traditionsBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCurupira
A backwards-footed forest guardian from Brazilian indigenous myth who punishes loggers and misleads travelers.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreMapinguari
A hairy Amazonian monster with a belly mouth and backwards feetBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 moreChullachaqui
A one-footed forest spirit of the Amazon that lures or challenges humansBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilBoitatá
A fiery serpent of Brazilian folklore that guards forests or frightens childrenBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 BrazilPomba Gira
An Afro-Brazilian spirit of love and desire worshipped in Umbanda and QuimbandaBeing · Love and attraction · Power and authority Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 3 moreYemọjaYemoja
A mother spirit of rivers and oceans worshipped across Yoruba and diaspora traditionsBeing · Protection · Healing Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSaciSaci-pererê
A one-legged prankster of Brazilian folklore who hides in dust devils and wears a magic red cap.Figure · Luck and prosperity · Cursing and harm Living
🇧🇷 BrazilThe Hairy LegPerna cabeluda
A Brazilian urban legend of a detached leg that attacks people at nightFigure · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇧🇷 BrazilPro-VidaPró-Vida, Integração Cósmica
An occultist group founded in Brazil that promises cosmic consciousness and earthly paradise.Tradition · Change and initiation · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilMinhocão
A giant aquatic worm or fish from Brazilian folklore blamed for earthquakes and animal disappearancesBeing Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilBoiúna
A powerful river serpent from Amazonian mythology that shifts shape to guard its watersBeing Legendary
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCabra cabriola
A fire-breathing goat bogeyman used to frighten children in Portuguese and Brazilian folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm Living
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 4 moreOshosiỌ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì
A Yoruba orisha of hunting, forests and food, honoured in West Africa and BrazilBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreSpiritualist art
Art produced during séances by mediums who claim spirits guide their hands or create images directly.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreCurse of BraganzaMaldição dos Braganças
A historical myth about premature deaths in the Portuguese and Brazilian royal housesBelief Historical
🇧🇷 BrazilMãe-de-santo
A woman priest in Candomblé, Umbanda and QuimbandaTradition · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilLobisomem
A South American shape-shifter born from family fate or sin, often linked to the full moon.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilMãe-do-Ouro
A Brazilian spirit that appears as a woman or fireball to mark forbidden gold sitesFigure · Protection Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilCapelobo
A Brazilian monster with a long snout that feeds on blood and brainsBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilRomãozinho
A cursed immortal boy from Brazilian folklore who never grows and causes mischief.Figure · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreOshumareÒṣùmàrè
A Yoruba orisha of the rainbow, shown as a serpent and held to be both male and femaleBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇧🇷 BrazilCarranca
A carved figurehead for river boats, believed to ward off evil spiritsCharm · Protection Historical
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreCaiporaCaapora
A Brazilian forest spirit that guards game and tests hunters with bribes or terrorBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Living
🇵🇭 Philippines and 2 morePsychic surgery
A bare-handed 'operation' that investigators call conjuringBelief · Healing Historical
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreCandomblé Angola
A branch of Candomblé in Brazil honouring Nzambi and the divinities called NkisiTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIjexá
A Yoruba-derived rhythm central to Candomblé ritual and Brazilian carnival musicTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇧🇷 BrazilCasa das MinasQuerebentã Toi Zomadonu
A historic Tambor de Mina temple in Brazil with roots in the Kingdom of DahomeyTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Power and authority Living
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreSack Man
A folk figure used to frighten children into good behaviour by threatening to put them in a sackFigure · Cursing and harm Living
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreProcession of the dead
A folktale pattern of ghosts or souls marching in company, sometimes ledBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilIle Maroia LajiIlê Maroiá Lájié
An old Candomblé house in Salvador, with roots traced to a Yoruba kingdomTradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇧🇷 BrazilBestial beastBesta-fera
A centaur-like creature in Brazilian folklore thought to be the Devil.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilConscientiology
A Brazilian study of consciousness and out-of-body experiences founded by Waldo VieiraTradition · Power and authority Living
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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Witchcraft in Latin America: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Kardecist Spiritism: Coprosme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oshumare: MarinaCriscuolo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kongo cosmogram: MiddleOfAfrica, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Hairy Leg: Diógenes Montenegro, Public domain, source
- Mãe-de-santo: Antônio Milena/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br, source
- Spiritualist art: Bodasia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oshosi: Picture taken by Eurico Zimbres, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Candomblé: André Koehne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ogun: Chado07, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Curupira: Sturm, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chullachaqui: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yemọja: Samuel Tobbytex007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Folk saint: Sergio Serrano, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oshun: Wikipedia Loves Art participant " Department_of_Trife ", CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Boitatá: The ponta cabeça, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mapinguari: Lauro Iyambae (@Aptix_4p0clix), CC0, source
- Ọya: Picture taken by Eurico Zimbres, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Santo Daime: Tonelada, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curse of Braganza: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Coco: Francisco de Goya, CC0, source
- Capelobo: Di (they-them), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Carranca: Glauco Umbelino, CC BY 2.0, source
- Psychic surgery: Brattarb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Candomblé Angola: autor desconhecido, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ijexá: Alex@Eddi ( Diskussion ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Casa das Minas: clecio muller frança leal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sack Man: Ponscor, CC BY-SA 2.0, source