Kurupí

trickster · Paraguay · South America

Kurupí, fifth of the seven cursed sons of Tau and Kerana in Guarani mythology, is a small, hairy forest being of the Paraguayan monte whose enormous phallus, wound about his waist, marks him as the spirit of desire and clandestine fertility. He abducts women who walk the forest alone, kills men who will not share their hunt, and punishes those who fell trees without need.

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