Creatures and Monsters of Central and South American Folklore

A thrilling journey through Central and South America, exploring its lesser-known and popular mythical creatures and monsters.

Let's discover unique tales and cultural insights about these captivating supernatural beings.

Unearth the unseen world of:

Boitatá - Brazilian folklore

Sombrerón - Guatemalan folklore

Siguanaba - Salvadoran and Honduran folklore

Mapinguari - Brazilian and Peruvian folklore

Curupira - Brazilian folklore

Cegua - Costa Rican and Nicaraguan folklore

Cuero - Chilean folklore

Cadejo - Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran folklore

Pombero - Paraguayan and Argentinean folklore

Moñái - Guaraní mythology of Argentina and Paraguay

Yacuruna - Amazonian folklore of Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador

Silbón - Venezuelan folklore

Duende - Guatemalan and Salvadoran folklore

Luz Mala - Argentinean folklore

Pishtaco - Andean folklore of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador

Ciguapa - Dominican Republic folklore

Yacumama - Amazonian folklore

Boraro - Brazilian folklore, specifically Tupi-Guarani mythology

Minhocão - Brazilian folklore

Nahuelito - Argentinean folklore

Cipitio - Salvadoran folklore

Maricoxi - Brazilian folklore

Madremonte - Colombian and Venezuelan folklore

A Mula-Sem-Cabeça - Brazilian folklore

Sisimite - Guatemalan folklore

O Saci Pererê - Brazilian folklore

Camazotz - Mesoamerican mythology of Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras

If you are interested in lists of mythical creatures and monsters, check these lists:

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[MythosTheHistorian]

Do you have a favorite creature from the Central and South American Folklore? Or do you want to see in the future a video about a certain creature?

[MatthewSchooley]

Man, this is fascinating; I never really knew much about Central and South American folklore. Any chances of doing Caribbean sometime?

[mathieuleader]

having seeing Monkey D. Luffy's sun god form I think he matches the body with the Curupira very well

[mintkit]

I always learn so much from your videos! Thank you for continuing to cover more obscure myths, legends, and folklore!

[Khatoon]

How are you doing sir. Thank you for your wonderful cultural channel. Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American YouTube channels. We are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level, improve our English language as well.actually the mythology is part of country culture. When we were kids our parents warned to go out from house at noon there are monsters, at night there are ghosts. We watched King Kong and Incredible Hulk man who turned into giant we called green man . I learned that in Appalachian region full of superstitions, legends and mythical creatures such as big foot in Canada, USA ( Sasquatch ), Jersey devil ( leed Devil ), flat woods monster, bell witch, moon eyed people, moth man, Wampus cat . Happy Independence Day . I hope I can learn a lot from your knowledge. Good luck to you your dearest ones .

[DHARSHENV]

Thanks for your information brother ❤🎉

[jkseraphim]

Will you do a part 2 on caribbean myths. Especially in Guyana. There are a few that you didn't mention.

[vikingskuld]

Missed this one somehow thanks for posting the link and info

[evildjinn]

Thank you for your informative videos.
Where do you find the images for your descriptions, actually?
Cheers,
Perry

[davidallard]

This one is cool thanks for making it.

[nevaehsangel]

Thx for making this. These are so cool to learn about. Going to search and see if u have one on Mexico! I know the cadejo(ive seen the black and white dogs) and duendes are known in Mexico as well! I wonder why so many of these have backward facimg feet ?! 😮😮😮 New Sub here ! 😃

[-RONNIE]

Thank you for the information I didn't know any of these except for one

[leonardomacleod]

Curupira has only the feet backwards, which the curupira uses lure hunters away from their prey since the curupira is a protector of the forest.

[triniDBone]

Can you do a video on Triniddian folklore tales pls 😊

[timberwolf]

I have a question, why do so many myths have backwards feet?

[DOIDO]

luz mala, in portuguese is called luz má, or in english can be translated as bad light or evil light is very curious to me, I'm brazilian, and in the most far away areas in my country, tales of these kind of lights appearing are very common, and some people see as just bullshit, UFO sights, or some kind of natural phenomena that these people don't know about, the thing is, my father once saw something like that. after having a really scary nightmare, he ran to the outside of the house and started to pray under a tree we had in our yard (my father is christian, but not very into the religion, I can count in one hand the amount of times I've seen him to a church or do a prayer, this nightmare really fucked him up in the head for a little while), while kneeling close to the tree, he saw a extremely powerful light, that he could even feel the heat, so he went inside again, I was like 12 at the time, I'm not religious myself anymore, and he could be just tripping, but some shit that happened to us when I was young were creepy as hell.

[rickojinaga]

I first heard of the Cadejos from my ex from Honduras. She didn't know they had a proper name. As a girl she would sit at her window waiting for her father to come home from drinking on payday. When he arrived he would be accompanied by a black dog not their own. As soon as he entered the yard the dog would leave, but be back the next payday.

[ruarybergmann]

Curiosidades: curupira é um guardião da floresta que não precisa comer e se sustenta por energia mágica, algumas versões dizem que ele na verdade é um de vários de um povo mágico guardião, Boitatá pode enlouquecer ou segar quem olhar para ele, de forma que ele pode derrotar aqueles que prejudicam a natureza apenas com sua presença, seu fogo é mágico e não apaga na água e vento, a mula sem cabeça pode ser liberta de sua maldição se alguém tiver coragem de montar nela e tirar sua sela.
Outros folclores:
Encourado: um vampiro que é imune a tudo que mata outros vampiros convencionais, possuí pele cinzenta e sua única fraqueza é o possível risco de morrer ao entrar em uma casa sem ser convidado, porém ele possuí hipnose para o proteger disso, o único jeito de se proteger dele é a cidade sacrificar um animal ou pessoa para ele.
Corpo seco: havia um homem ruim que maltratava os próprios pais, tão cruel que ao morrer, foi recusado pelo paraíso e pelo inferno, e virou um monstro que devora carne humana e pode dividir sua alma do corpo, sua forma fantasma, " bradador" consegue devorar almas.
Charro negro: um esqueleto que monta um cavalo e carrega um cubo de ouro, quem aceitar será punido com azar e quem recusar estará seguro pois ele apenas castiga gananciosos.
Boto cor de rosa: a lenda conta que ele tem a forma de um animal de mesmo nome que se transforma em homem, é tão bonito que encanta mulheres, mas as abandona depois de engravidar.
Iara: uma sereia que costumava ser uma indígena que ao ser morta pela própria tribo, foi ressuscitada pelo lago e virou uma sereia que matou sua tribo e atraí homens para os devorar.
Cumadre Fulozinha: uma menina fantasma que protege a natureza e gosta de pregar peças, é capaz de desenvolver apreço e amizades por quem respeita a natureza e ofereça doces para ela.
Cuca: uma bruxa com aparência de jacaré humanoide e cabelos loiros ou negros que devora crianças desobedientes, uma bruxa que gosta de fazer poções e feitiços como qualquer outra, ela vive por mil anos e tera uma filha de forma hermafrodita para continuar seu legado e passará o resto de sua vida em aposentadoria transformada em um pássaro.
Matinta Pereira: uma bruxa com feições de pássaro, podendo váriar em principal como coruja ou águia, suas lendas variam de uma bruxa que atormenta vilas exigindo comida para as deixar em paz ou um guia espiritual indígena que ganhou seus poderes de forças ancestrais e mágicas da natureza de forma a ser a bruxa com mais recursos mágicos que se dedica a proteger a natureza.
Dragão de Guabiruba: um dragão com penas que espreita pelo céu tudo que vê, procurando comida e possivelmente protegendo a natureza de seu território
Fadas elementares do ar: um povo de fadas com poderes mágicos de vento e outros elementos que ao mesmo tempo que protegem natureza, vivem uma vida tranquila e feliz.

[aaronsaunders]

Duende: thought they were Iberian. Luz Mala my favorite.

[Acertainfrog]

There is a cool series called Charlie Hernandez that talks about South America (latinox) and Portuguese/ Brazilian folklore