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Caipora is an entity of the tupi-guarani mythology in Brazil. It is represented as a dark-skinned, small indian, naked with a very long black mane, smoking a cigar and very mischievous. Other depictions are as a stout hairy anthropomorphic being with the head of a fox. Sometimes it is said that is has his feet turned backwards, to deceive trackers. Some say it rides a great Pecari.
It is known as a forest dweller, as a king of the animals of sorts and very vengeful of hunters who don't respect the rules of "fair-play" when hunting. Anyway, it is told that it scares away prey and "hides" animal tracks or makes hunters lose their way in the jungle.
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