A popular character in Brazilian mythology is Curupira. His feet are turned backwards. Due to this particularity, he manages to confuse his pursuers. One of his favorite pranks is to make people follow his footprints to nowhere. Curupira is the protector of animals and plants and will punish any hunter who hunts for fun as well as any logger who cuts a tree without a good reason for doing so. He is strong and powerful and likes to mislead hunters or loggers by whistling into their ears and giving them false directional signals. This is a photo of a sculpture of the CURUPIRA found at the Botanical zoo in Belem.
I have made a woodcut based on this myth, and plan to integrate it into my future drawing project.
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