The Brazilian Folk-Tale: A Study of the Portuguese and Brazilian Versions of the Folktale
- Date of account
- 1998 reissue or later scholarship
- Location
- Brazil
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Brazilian folklore scholarship on figures such as Saci, Curupira, boto and the forest encantados offers identifiable traditions of crossing between human settlements and enchanted or dangerous domains. These stories matter comparatively because the boundary is often ecological—forest, river or night road—rather than a subterranean afterlife. The exact 1990–2009 edition or study must be established, since foundational collections were repeatedly reprinted and English titles vary. Researchers should preserve Indigenous, African and Portuguese transmission histories instead of treating “Brazilian folklore” as homogeneous.
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