#quibungo

[lanaflowerz]

OMG! Quibungo!

[jabutipiranga]

What if KPop Demon Hunters were set in Brazil?

KPop Demon Hunters tastefully used Korean folklore to make an absolute blast of a movie, so I thought: what if the hunters from Brazil had to fight their own demons?

The Hunters

Just like the defenders of humanity against the demons are inspired by shamans, the Brazilian hunters would be the benzedeiras. Benzedeiras (blessers) or Rezadeiras (prayers) are an old folk medicine tradition in Brazil of usually elderly women who recommend medicinal plants and pray for health and well-being. They bless sick people and animals, and even terrains. Song is also an important skill for benzedeiras, since it is part of many prayers.

The Demons

Demons in KPDH are broadly based around different supernatural creatures from Korean folklore: the Dokkaebi, the Mul Gwinsin (Water Demons), the Dalgyal Gwinsin (the faceless demons), and the Jeoseung Saja (the Saja Boys). In the same way, there are many restless ghosts, cursed humans, and mischievous sprites to be used in Brazilian folklore.

The Corpo-Seco (dry body) is a restless undead with dry skin and bare bones. It is the reanimated corpse of men so sinful that their souls were too cruel to pass on and the earth itself spat their body in disgust. Thus, they are cursed to wander cemeteries and empty roads as hauntings to the living.

In São Paulo, they are also known as Unhudo (long-nailed), an undead landlord with a straw hat and long nails who refused to leave his farm and trees even in death.

The Labatut is a monster from the Rio Grande do Norte state. He is a one-eyed ogre with long tusks or fangs, round feet, and hard fur who wanders at night to eat children. He is especially attracted by whistles.

The Labatut was directly inspired by Pierre or Pedro Labatut, a French general who helped in the Brazilian independence wars. He was quite harsh and violent, and so, became a literal monster in the popular consciousness. His look, with large tusks out of his mouth, reminds me of the many dokkaebi demons in the movie.

The Lobisomem (man-wolf) is the Brazilian version of the werewolf. Much like in other cultures, he is a man cursed to become a dangerous beast at certain nights, although in Iberic cultures, lobisomens usually turn monstrous during every Thursday to Friday night rather than every full moon.

They are the seventh son born after six daughters, and in Brazil, they often don't turn into wolves, but rather, dogs and/or pigs, a few rare versions even have donkey werewolves! They have red eyes, long ears that may clap when they run, and must pass though seven cemiteries or parishes every night in order to turn back into humans.

The Quibungo is a common monster in the folklore of the state of Bahia. He is a beastly man-eater with a large, gaping mouth on its back, which it uses to eat naughty children.

The Pé-de-Garrafa (bottle-foot) is a beastly one-eyed humanoid with a single leg that ends in a bottle-shaped hoof, causing the footprints that bestow it its name (you can't follow them this way!). Its hide is invulnerable everywhere but its bellybutton, and it can replicate voices to attract its victims.

The Caboclo d'Água (something like "water fellow") is a common monster of the São Francisco River folklore. He is a strong, stocky amphibious or furry humanoid with webbed feet and hands who lives deep in bodies of water and may attempt to drown swimmers (much like the Water Demons from the movie) or sabotage fishers by scaring fish away or unstabilizing their boats. However, he can be pacified with gifts of food, tobacco, and alcohol, after which he might even help fishers.

The Perna Cabeluda (hairy leg) is a ghostly, bodiless leg with dark fur that haunts the city of Recife, Pernambuco, tripping and kicking nightly wanderers. Some give it a single eye on its knee. This curious, charming urban legend emerged during the 1970´s and quickly became a pop culture icon of the city. It would be a very humorous demon to be fought, that's for sure.

The Iara is the Amazonian siren. A beautiful woman, half fish, who seduces fishers and sailors to their drowned doom by singing false promises of eternal life and treasure in the bottom of her river. It would only be fair that a movie with so much singing had a singing creature to fit the Saja Boys!

Most of these images come from Poranduba - Cartas de Cultura! It's a card game focused on Brazilian folklore, extremely respectful and accurate to Brazilian lore and traditions. I can't recommend enough! cartasdecultura.com.br

Jinu's Pets

The cute magical tiger that serves as Jinu's messenger, Derpy, is directly inspired by Korean art trends, especially the illustrations of a tiger with unfocused eyes and a magpie.

In Brazil, an omnipresent animal in folk culture is the ox. You can see it in folk songs, parties, folktales, and all you can find. Cattle are reliable old companions of small farmers alongside donkeys, and this reflects in our culture. The Bumba-Meu-Boi folk party uses a large and colorful ox costume that celebrates the cyclical ressurection of an ox, beginning before Easter Sunday and culminating in the June Parties. The costume is extremely colorful and full of drawings and patterns. But if we want the kitty, a jaguar is always welcome.

As for Sussie the magpie, if we're sticking to crow relatives, there is the Azure Jay, the symbolic bird of the Paraná state, famous in folklore as an agent of God who plantes the araucaria forests by burying their seeds.

[aeonvy]

Guys what breed of dog is this i just found it outside

[gustavorinaldi]

Brazilian Folklore part 4

[dtmalave]

*  JULY  3RD ,  1992 ,

      Within  the  last  six  months,  the  state  of  Louisiana  has  suffered  a  substantial  increase  in  the  number  of  homicide  and  missing  person  reports  specifically  involving  children  under  the  age  of  13.  As  of  the  current  date,  we  have  eight  unsolved  homicides  and  four  missing  person  reports  with  a  Imogene  Belmarsh  being  the  latest  in  a  string  of  peculiar  disappearances.  To  address  this  problem,  I  have  hereby  requested  the  counsel  of  a  serial  offender.  I  am  under  the  impression  that  the  psychology  of  a  William  Dugal  (I.N. #227501)  will  deliver  significant insight  into  the  pathology  and  patterns  of  our  current  unidentified  suspect  due  to  the  victims  extremely  similar  injuries.

I  hope  that  my  request  will  be  honored  and  sincerely  appreciate  the  effort  in  helping  me  to  achieve  that  end.

               Yours  for  a  safer  Louisiana,

                                         ————-    MALAVÈ.

𝐅𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐍: 𝐈𝐍𝐓.    LOUISIANA  STATE  PENITENTIARY.  𝐃𝐀𝐘.        SPECIAL  AGENT(S)  ABDIEL PADILLA  AND FRANCISCO MALAVÈ ARRIVE. ON  THE  DRIVE TO THE FARM, THEY PASS A CHEAP, DECREPIT BILLBOARD WITH A AUBURN HAIRED GIRL’S PORTRAIT ON IT. “DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED ME?” CRISTINA JENKINS (13). THE TASTE OF ALUMINUM IS ON FRANK’S TONGUE , HIS FACE TWISTS AND HE HOPES ABDIEL DIDN’T SEE . THEY’RE DIRECTED THROUGH.

𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤          𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚          𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨,         (  …  )               these          unhinged,               &               famished          sharks,         𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲          𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞          𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥,       glare          with          a          scorn          like          he’s          chumming          bait.               [    a          debilitated        topsy   -   turvy       catfish          performing          a          galloping       𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚘     𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝     𝚝𝚑𝚎     𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚜         of          DEPRAVITY,      a      last       call      for          everything          bathed          in          immorality.    ]              but          outside          crimson          blinders,               &               violence     —     riddled          orgies          of        𝙖     𝙛𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙝     𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙,    they          don’t           notice          the          barbed         end      of          a       lead      speargun;        he’s          the          one          hunting.

❝       okay.     you       two     ’re       aw’     set.       good   luck.         ❞       [        like     holding     a     blank     handgun     &     yelling:        ❛❛       𝘰𝘯     𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳     𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬.     𝘨𝘦𝘵     𝘴𝘦𝘵.     𝘨𝘰.       ❜❜        ]

       *        𝙉𝙔𝙇𝙊𝙉.              𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘    -     𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐑.          the    name    lives    like    the    glow    of    something    almighty;    a    macrobian    superstition    deliberated   in    scholarship    notepaper    for    a        full     ride         :           [                   ❛❛       𝘪     𝘢𝘮     𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨     𝘪𝘯     𝘵𝘩𝘦     𝘸𝘢𝘺     𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴     𝘢𝘳𝘦.      ❜❜       after    all,       what     are     the     most     grandiose     mythologies       of    the    world    known    for     ?      /      (        like     a     bad     slave,     he     is     in     bondage.            )            explored    like    a    safari    badlands,     by    a    duo    of    crooks    in    southern    blues.          ]       ❛❛            you  d’ones  who  gonna’  get  me  them     -                 uh,     magazines,           right     ?         ❜❜

@quibungo            :            redemption           depravity.

[cadejos-aa-blog]

If given the chance to go back and repair any mistakes or problems in his past (paternal relationship/ex/etc) would he, regardless of it possibly changing his current life/relationships/timeline?

         I  DON’T  THINK  HE  WOULD,      at   least   in   a   conscious   sense,    he   wouldn’t  .      i  think  he  has  resigned  himself,      &     become    complacent   with   all   of   the   failed   relationships   in   his   past  .         IT’S   MOST   DEFINITELY   PRIDE  ,     but   at   the   same   time   he   feels   like   everything    would   be   entirely   falsified   if   he’d   repaired   all   he’d   done   to   destroy   the   dynamics   of   his   life     (  not  to  mention  most  of  them  are  due  to  him  ).           A MAJOR ISSUE WITH FRANK      is   his   inability   to   properly   connect   with   people   regardless   of   interpersonal   relationship   types.              frank   is   unable   to   distance   himself   from   the   brutality   of   the   world.   his   devotion   to   ‘justice’  is   a   very   crucial   characteristic,          ——        critical   enough   that  it   borders   obsession,   but   this   is   as   far  as  he   can   stomach   people  .    in  an  environment   where   he   can  empathize   with   the      inhumane   of   humanity,       where   he   can   vent   his   frustrations   with   the   world   while  doing  perceptible   good   .      

for   frank,     human  interaction  beyond  this  is  a  tiring  exercise  in  attaching,  connecting,  separating,  filtering,   &   feigning:    it  very  much  exhausts  him  .     &   he  knows   this  to  be  his   downfall  in  maintaining   relationships  ,   he  views  himself  to  be  a  cancer  inherently  damaging  the  happiness      of  those  around  him  . 

[furrarth]

Inktober day 11 with Quibungo X Bakasura.

[berserkaer]

  ❛   HEY  ,  YOU  EVER  HEARD  ABOUT  THAT  UHHH  DOLL  ISLAND  ?   ❜   thick brows furrow, runs fingers through his hair. the streetlight above them dims then shines bright again. repeats this cycle. there’s an eerieness to the aire, makes butch anxious.   ❛   it’s south of mexico, some dude like . . . found a dead girl and found a doll where her body was and he like . . . hung it. and now there’s a shit ton of dolls hangin’ around the island. people say the dolls move their heads and talk to eachother and shit. think you’d ever go there  ?   ❜  // @quibungo