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Saci (Brazilian folklore), the Glossary

Saci is a character in Brazilian folklore.^[1]

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Brazilian folklore
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AdventureQuest Worlds

AdventureQuest Worlds is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by Artix Entertainment in 2008.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto").

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Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul

Agudo is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil.

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Akuma-kun

is a manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki.

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Aladdin

Aladdin (ʻAlāʼu d-Dīn/ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn,, ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale.

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Angeli (cartoonist)

Arnaldo Angeli Filho, more commonly known as Angeli, born on August 31, 1956, in São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the best-known Brazilian cartoonists.

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Anglo-Celtic

Anglo-Celtic people are descended primarily from English and Irish, Scottish or Welsh people.

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Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer.

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Backronym

A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase.

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Blessing

In religion, a blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the impartation of something with grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will.

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Brazilian mythology is the subset of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements of diverse origin found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, people, and entities. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Brazilian mythology are Brazilian folklore.

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Cachaça

Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice.

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Candomblé

Candomblé is an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil during the 19th century.

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Charcoal

Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Communication

Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information.

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Devil

A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions.

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Dinosauromorpha

Dinosauromorpha is a clade of avemetatarsalians (archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians) that includes the Dinosauria (dinosaurs) and some of their close relatives.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Dressmaker

A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

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Dust devil

A dust devil (also known regionally as a dirt devil) is a strong, well-formed, and relatively short-lived whirlwind.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Genome

In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism.

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Guaraní people

The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.

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Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Halloween are Supernatural legends.

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Headless Mule

The Headless Mule (Mula sem cabeça) is a mythical character in Brazilian folklore. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Headless Mule are Supernatural legends.

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Impersonator

An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another.

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Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now Brazil, prior to European contact around 1500 AD.

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Invisible City (TV series)

Invisible City (Cidade Invisível) is a Brazilian fantasy television series created by Carlos Saldanha. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Invisible City (TV series) are Brazilian folklore.

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Jasy Jatere

Jasy Jatere is the name of an important figure in Guaraní mythology.

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Laerte Coutinho

Laerte Coutinho (born 10 June 1951), known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriter, known for creating comic strips such as Piratas do Tietê (Pirates of the Tietê River).

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Mauricio de Sousa

Maurício Araújo de Sousa (born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica and Friends".

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Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter game developed and published by Rockstar Games.

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Monopod (creature)

Monopods (also called sciapods, skiapods, skiapodes) were mythological dwarf-like creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centred in the middle of their bodies. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Monopod (creature) are Legendary creatures with absent body parts and mythic humanoids.

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Monteiro Lobato

José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (18 April 1882 – 4 July 1948) was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Farm) but he had been previously a prolific writer of fiction, a translator and an art critic.

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Moors

The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Nei Lopes

Nei Braz Lopes (born May 9, 1942 in Irajá, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, composer, lawyer, writer and historian, specializing in Afro-Brazilian studies.

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One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Physical disability

A physical disability is a limitation on a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina.

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Physical therapy

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease prevention, and health promotion.

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Popcorn

Popcorn (also called popped corn, popcorns, or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated; the same names also refer to the foodstuff produced by the expansion.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Prayer beads

Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Umbanda, Islam, Sikhism, the Baháʼí Faith, and some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

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Prêmio Saci

Prêmio Saci (English: Saci Award), was an award presented annually by O Estado de S. Paulo, to honour the best Brazilian theater and film performers.

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Red hair

Red hair, also known as orange hair or ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations.

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Retrotransposon

Retrotransposons (also called Class I transposable elements) are mobile elements which move in the host genome by converting their transcribed RNA into DNA through the reverse transcription.

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Rosary

The Rosary (rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary (as distinct from other forms of rosary such as the Franciscan Crown, Bridgettine Rosary, Rosary of the Holy Wounds, etc.), refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or beads used to count the component prayers.

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Saci Day

Saci Day, in Portuguese Dia do Saci, is a day created by a Brazilian cultural non-governmental organization named Amigos do Saci to oppose the "American-influenced" holiday of Halloween. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and Saci Day are Brazilian folklore.

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SACI-1

The SACI-1 was a microsatellite of scientific applications, designed, developed, constructed and tested by Brazilian technicians, engineers and scientists working in INPE (National Institute of Space Research).

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SACI-2

The SACI-2 was a Brazilian experimental satellite, designed and built by the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE).

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Sacisaurus

Sacisaurus ("Saci lizard") is a silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic (Norian) Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil.

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Satellite

A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.

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Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (novel series)

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (literally translated and roughly known as "The Yellow Woodpecker Farm" or "The Yellow Woodpecker Ranch") is a series of 23 fantasy novels written by Brazilian author Monteiro Lobato between 1920 and 1940.

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SC Internacional

Sport Club Internacional, commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre.

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Schistosoma mansoni

A paired couple of ''Schistosoma mansoni''. Schistosoma mansoni is a water-borne parasite of humans, and belongs to the group of blood flukes (Schistosoma).

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Shigeru Mizuki

, also known as, was a Japanese manga artist and historian.

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Sieve

A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet material.

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Skeleton

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.

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Social Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Social, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club from Coronel Fabriciano, founded in 1944.

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A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.

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Solidarity

Solidarity or solidarism is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes.

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Stream

A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.

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Striped cuckoo

The striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia) is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus Tapera.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.

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Tobacco pipe

A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. Saci (Brazilian folklore) and tobacco pipe are pipe smoking.

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Tongue-in-cheek

Tongue-in-cheek is an idiom that describes a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner.

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Trasgu

The trasgo, trasno or trasgu is a mythological creature present in the tradition of several cultures of what is now northern Spain, especially in Galician, Asturian and Cantabrian traditional culture, it is also found in legends of North Portugal.

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Trematoda

Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes.

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Trickster

In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saci_(Brazilian_folklore)

Also known as Martim Cerere, Matita Pereira, Saci pererê, Saci-pererê.

, Rosary, Saci Day, SACI-1, SACI-2, Sacisaurus, Satellite, São Paulo, Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (novel series), SC Internacional, Schistosoma mansoni, Shigeru Mizuki, Sieve, Skeleton, Social Futebol Clube, Social network, Solidarity, Stream, Striped cuckoo, Syncretism, Tobacco, Tobacco pipe, Tongue-in-cheek, Trasgu, Trematoda, Trickster, Tupi language, Tupi people, Turma do Pererê, University of São Paulo, Wason Rentería, Waters of March, Wesley Guimarães, Ziraldo.

Saci (Brazilian folklore), the Glossary

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See also

Brazilian folklore

Brazilian legendary creatures

Legendary creatures with absent body parts

Pipe smoking

References