#guarani

[lanaflowerz]

The artist @/lynn6thorex was attacked on Twitter/X just for having drawn a character, so as support I'm posting here Okarun and Momo in the indigenous Guaraní version.

Brazil is with you Lynn!!!

[this-is-anti-religion]

I belong to the indigenous Guarani people, and our religion has always received many negative comments or has been the object of ridicule. We don't need temples or carved idols; our religion is deeply spiritual. To honor God, we organize dances on the land, but people have always mocked us. Our religion focuses a lot on nature, because our people have always been in contact with it. Our God only manifests himself through nature and the cosmos, and that, along with the fact that our religion doesn't have a name, seems dumb to everyone else.

We also often face ridicule because for us, words are sacred. In our religion, words came before the universe. "The word is God for the Guarani. When we say something, God comes out through our mouths in small portions. People often insult someone when they don't speak, but the Guarani don't speak when they have nothing to say, because the word is sacred."

This is anti religion and indigemisia.

Peoples fucking racism against indigenous practices with never fail to astound me. Honestly, I think the way you worded it was incredibly beautiful. 💗

[otherworldmythology]

Luison - Luisõ 

Seventh beastly child of Tau and Kerana, and therefor the most vile. It smells of rotten flesh and is sometimes said to eat it as well, and combined with its gaunt hairy appearance it resembles a werewolf, which in function is the same creature in the modern day. He stalks cemeteries in the night where he will chase you. Unlike other werewolves his lycanthropy can be afflicted onto others if he passes through your legs. He only stalks on specific days, usually Monday, Wednesday, and/or Friday. In a similar fashion and, likely from European influence, in the 1900's the seventh son in a string of sons was feared to be destined to turn into a werewolf. In some folklore you can cure one by naming him "Benito" and baptising him in seven different churches of seven different provinces in the changing of a "gurí" (kid) into a "mozo" (teenager/lad).

Pantheon: Guarani (debated), Modern Paraguayan

Domain or Function: Stalks cemeteries at night and turns others into werewolves like him.

Alternate Names: Luisón, Lobizon, Lobizón, Lobisomem, Huicho.

Character Traits: Beastly and gruesome, eats the bodies of the dead, preys on the living as well.

Visual Traits: Said to be lanky, emaciated, and hairy, sometimes depicted with pale skin or blackened skin, and sometimes with traits like a dog.

Symbolism: Dogs, cemeteries.

Sources: 1 2 3

[postcard-from-the-past]

Guaraní people in Cordillera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Bolivian vintage postcard

[matriarchy-au]

Guarani woman and her child, Brazil

[minha-fyp]

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSPwPp7DM/

[beemovieerotica]

so we all know as fantasy writers that you need to google your made up words before you start using them.

i'm now extending this rule to pharmaceutical companies:

[librosviejos]

INDIO GUARANY F 335 data não indicada; cartão postal enviado em 1934