Jurupari

When it thunders, they say that the "Jurupari" is angry, and their idea of natural death is that the "Jurupari" kills them.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

"Jurupari," or Devil, whom they fear, and endeavour through their

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

When it came, I paged quickly to the index and looked up Jurupari — nothing!

What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

I have always (at least since I first read that the name “Jurupari” had demonic associations) been obsessed with clearing up that etymological association and have always felt gypped by Heckel (and Natterer for that matter) for not having shared the entire story with us.

What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

When it came, I paged quickly to the index and looked up Jurupari — nothing!

What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

I have always (at least since I first read that the name “Jurupari” had demonic associations) been obsessed with clearing up that etymological association and have always felt gypped by Heckel (and Natterer for that matter) for not having shared the entire story with us.

What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

It might have been the snarling face of Jurupari, or perhaps a map, and it was wreathed with letters I did not know.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

Their chief masker represents their demon Jurupari, but he does not appear to be treated with any particular respect.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

On the 2d of July, in the morning, the jangada arrived at the foot of San Pablo d’Olivença, after having floated through the midst of numerous islands which in all seasons are clad with verdure and shaded with magnificent trees, and the chief of which bear the names of Jurupari, Rita, Maracanatena, and Cururu Sapo.

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003