Abstract: This piece is about a legend from Paraguay called Kurupi who has a long penis and uses it to impregnate girls while they sleep. Main Piece: “T: So my dad’s from Paraguay, and here I am, this was maybe five or six years ago. And I’m just walking around in this village place we… Continue Reading »
My friend from Paraguay has a lot of folklore about the seven Guarani monsters and the legends behind them. The Kurupi was the strangest of all the seven that he told me about. Friend: “There are several Guarani monsters I learned about growing up in Paraguay. One of them is the Kurupi, a weird gremlin-like… Continue Reading »
Parin Patel Los Angeles, California March 8, 2012 Folklore Type: Ghost Story Informant Bio: Parin Patel is a friend I met when we both went on an archaeological excavation in Rome the summer of 2011. He is a Junior and double major in Archaeology and Business at the University of Southern California. Parin is Indian and… Continue Reading »