[A Tupinambá village full of mythological creatures] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Tupinambá village full of mythological creatures]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Spirituality – Indigenous – South America; Demons; Colonists
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Two European men stand in the foreground with a Tupinambá man, all three gesture as if having an argument. Beside the group another Tupinambá man runs with his hands over his head, pursued by a winged demon with horns, a curly tail, and talons for feet. The demon has one hand on the man's back holds a switch raised above his head. In the background, other fearsome creatures torment Tupinambá people. The creatures may be based on the spiritual beliefs of the Tupinambá. There is also a village in the background, and a European ship anchored near the coast on the left.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23275
Language: lat
Source Name: Americæ tertia pars Memorabile provinciæ Brasiliæ Historiam continēs, germanico primium sermone scriptum à Ioāne Stadio Hombergensi Hesso, nunc autem latinitate donatam à Teucrio Annaeo Priuato Colchanthe PO: & Med: Addita est Narratio profectionis Ioannis Lerij in eamdem Provinciam, quā ille initio gallicè conscripsit, postea verò Latinam fecit. His accessit Descriptio Morum & Ferocitatis incolarum illius Regionis, atque Colloquium ipsorum iodiomate consciptum.
Parent Collection: 1592 Wechel; 1592 Wechel
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Spirituality – Indigenous – South America; Demons; Colonists

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