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Originally Posted by Icelander
Given that the Vile Vortex near Rio de Janeiro is located at sea, it would make sense for ultraterrestial encounters to involve aquatic monsters and perhaps insidious underwater humanoids in the style of Lovecraft's Deep Ones.
Is anyone aware of Brazilian myths or legends about threats from the sea, underwater civilizations, aquatic monsters and batrachian, ichthyoid horrors?
Might possible humanoid hybrids or Changelings from below the sea be called 'encantado' in Brazil, even though they are associated with the ocean rather than the Amazon?
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Yes, there are some, but not so much in a horrific way, but as a lore of the land, creatures of folklore. Perhaps you can use them with a twist.
There is the boto cor de rosa (Pink Boto) (
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenda_do_boto), a river dolphin that impregnates women. The tale it's not from Rio, however, but from the North region of Brazil.
There is the Iara, a kind of mermaid (
https://www.infoescola.com/folclore/iara/), that bewitches men to drown them.
Here its a list of some folklore creatures:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folclore_brasileiro