'Ypupîara

Old Tupi Alternative forms Jgpupiara Igpupiára Etymology From tpw 'y pupîara what is inside the water.+ 531 1 Pronunciation tpw aɾa 4 Proper noun tpw proper noun a hostile water sprite, which was said to drown people crossing water bodies CXXVII 256 tpw 1 Não ha duvida senão que se encontram na Bahia e nos reconcavos d’ella, muitos homens marinhos, a que os indios chamam pela sua lingua upupiara Usage notes Further details about this being, or if it was even a real animal, are unknown. In fact, the first and one of the only firsthand descriptions of it was made by Anchieta in 1560, who simply described it as some water demon, not giving any details about its appearance.la-ren Daemones Indigenis XLVI w:Joseph of Anchieta Epistola quamplurimarum rerum naturalium quae S. Vicentii (nunc S. Pauli) provinciam incolunt sistens descriptionem 1560 Lisboa Typis Academiae 1799 Diogo de Toledo Lara Ordonhez 30 https://digital.bbm.usp.br/view/?45000009278&bbm/4688#page/40/mode/1up Nearly all subsequent writings were either fabrications, or fanciful depictions of what some modern authors believe to be sea lions.121–133 Descendants pt Ipupiara 1 References 9 32 Hipupiára VI 1315 Ypupiapra Homẽs marinhos 85 2214 Jgpupiara 199 Cousa mâ q. anda nagoa<t:Evil thing that moves in the water> 85 1 Jgpupiara tpw Tupi mythology Mythological creatures