The “beard” sticking out of the Egyptian pharaohs' chins (including the artificial beard of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut) is strikingly reminiscent of poturu, a cone-shaped “lip plug” made of bone or wood and inserted through the lower lip of everyone in a small Amazonian Indian tribe (self-name: Zo'é - 'we','us'- as opposed to non-Indians,
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The CURUPIRA is a mythological demonic creature of Brazilian folklore, the evil spirit of the forest.
According to the cultural legends, this creature has bright red/orange hair, and resembles a man or a dwarf, but its feet are turned backwards. Curupira lives in the forests of Brazil and uses its backward feet to create footprints that lead to its starting point, thus making hunters confused. Curupira can also create illusions and produce a sound that's like a high pitched whistle, in order to scare and drive its victim to madness.
The name comes from the Tupi language kuru'pir, The name allegedly meant "covered in blisters" [doubtful]. Compare to KURI PIRU (Est., Fin.) - evil spirit, literally.
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= PODER (порт., исп.), POTERE (ит.) - "сила, власть".
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MÄGER - uuristab oma urgusid maa sisse kõrgematel kohtadel
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тәмәке (тат., башкир.), тамоку (тадж.), тамеки (кирг.), темекі (каз.) - табак;
тамхи (монг.) - табак;
तमाखु [tamākhuḥ] (cанскр.) - табак;
tembakau [тембакау] (индонез.) - табак;
담배 [dombae] (корейск.) - табак.
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