Hello everyone, I’m Bárbara Leticia do Carmo and I study Línguas e Literatura Inglesa at Universidade Estadual de Londrina and this podcast is an academic project of the English Language class. In today's chapter I will tell you about Jurupari. The Jurupari is a myth known among several indigenous tribes in the Amazon region and comes from the ancient Tupi. The Tupi-Guarani Culture is formed by the collaboration of indigenous peoples who speak this language and this is due to the fact that the term Tupi-Guarani does not only reference to a specific nation, but a generic expression that includes a varied group of indigenous languages found in South America. The term Tupi-Guarani is designated to define one of the ten linguistic families of the Tupi and originated from the Tupinambá language, which was incorporated by colonizers and missionaries, being adopted as the general language of Brazil and Guarani is still spoken today and varies according to the linguistic group of the indigenous people. But let’s go to our legend…
First, let's start by counting him as The Lawgiver. It is said that an India named Ceuci ate a fruit named Mapati, the big problem is that it forbidden for women in their fertile period. Legend says that the juice of this fruit flowed through her body until it reached her intimate parts and thus impregnated her with a boy. As a punishment, Ceuci was expelled from her village, and in reality the child's father was the sun itself, with the birth of her son he revealed himself to be a wise creature who came into the world to bring new customs and laws to men.
In another version, he is known as The Demon of Dreams, the legend says he was a demon who visited the Indians when they were sleeping, causing nightmares and preventing them from leaving help. In the legend of Guaraná, Jurupari is quoted as the God of Darkness.

This legend reminds me a little of what we know about Sleep Paralysis, and it seems to me to be a very intolerant legend, because it was encouraged by the Jesuits and other religions to make it seem that Indigenous practices were malevolent. And going back to the Legend of India Ceuci, for you, which fruit would be considered forbidden these days? In my view it could be any fruit, from a watermelon to a fig. But what do we learn from these legends?… first, don't eat forbidden fruit, remember the confusion that happened with Eva in paradise and now with India Ceuci and second, I think not sleeping would be recommended… I'm glad I have insomnia. That's the legend for today guys, see you in the next chapter. Bye!

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