Portuguese Legend Physiology

"Even as I spoke, an immense shape/Materialised in the night air,/Grotesque and enormous stature/With heavy jowls, and an unkempt beard/Scowling from shrunken, hollow eyes/Its complexion earthy and pale,/Its hair grizzled and matted with clay,/Its mouth coal black, teeth yellow with decay."

― Camões, The Lusiads Book V

"Sleep child, sleep now... Else Coco comes and will eat you."

― Coco, Folklore

The power to have the traits and powers of mythological beings from Portuguese Folklore/Legends. Variation of Mythic Physiology.

Capabilities[]

Users of this ability either are or can transform into figures from Portuguese Folklore and Legends.

Beings from Portuguese legends can range from Ghosts, historical figures that gain almost divine status or even Titans such as the Adamastor. These legends are often metaphors for the fears of traveling through the sea or depict people who are rewarded for their actions.

Applications[]

Gain the form of Portuguese mythological beings
Gain powers from mythological beings
Titan Physiology
Sea Nymph Physiology
Divinity

Beings[]

Adamastor/Mostrengo
- Ocean Lordship (via guarding the passage between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
  - Storm Generation
  - Tidal Wave Generation
- Giant Physiology
  - Titan Physiology (He used to be "one of the giants of Olympus")
  - Large Size
  - Sealed Form (In the Lusiads the Adamastor was turned partially into rock being transformed into the Cape or more precisely into Table Mountain by Thetis after Doris promised to arrange a tryst for him.)
    - Living Mountain (In the Lusiads)
      - Habitable Anatomy
- Fear Inducement (Due to both his sheer size and the fact that he is described as having heavy jowls, an unkempt beard, hollow eyes, a earthy and pale complexion, hair grizzled and matted with clay, mouth being coal black and his teeth being yellow with decay the the Adamastor was able to not only inflict fear to Sailors but was also able to repulse the Greek goddess Thetis.)
- Retrocognition/History Reading (Was able to know the history of Portugal and why the sailors were there)
- Partial Precognition (Was able to predict future tragic events although presumably he wasn't able to predict his own downfall)
- Transcendent Giant Physiology
- Disintegration (after telling his life story which led to him crying the Adamastor disappears in a blink of an eye making the storm disappear with him.)
- Flight (In the poem "O Mostrengo")
- Fear Embodiment (Represents the fear sailors had when traversing the sea)

Tágides
- Nymph Physiology
- Sea Nymph Physiology (Nereids)
- Artistic Inducement
- Emotion Inducement
- Lesser Divinity
Coco/Cuca
- Hybrid Physiology (In Brazilian folklore)
  - Crocodilian Physiology (In this case an Alligator)
  - Human Physiology
- Bogeyman Physiology
- Scarecrow Physiology (In Don Quixote)
- Dragon Physiology (Name of a female dragon referenced first in Portuguese texts which date back to 1274)
- Demon Physiology (In some iterations)
  - Demonic version of Watcher Angel Physiology
  - Punishment (although it is some times compared to the devil due to being considered the opposite of a guardian angel, it only attacks children who misbehave)
- Cannibalism Empowerment
  - Powerful Bite
  - Infinite Digestive System
  - Super Eating
  - Destruction (after the child is eaten it leaves no trace of child after eating them)
- Soul Removal (via sometimes spiriting away the child's soul)
  - Soul Sealing (it takes the soul to a place where it cannot return from)
- Darkness Mimicry/Shadow Being Physiology
  - Nocturnal Spirit Physiology
  - Shapeshifting (It can take the shape of any shadow)
- Death Embodiment (some versions of the myth portrayed it has the deceased of the local community)

Broxa
- Shapeshifting
- Precognition
- Divination
- Demon Physiology
- Immortality
  - Invulnerability (Is "impossible to kill")
- Vampire Physiology
  - Magic (Broxas are Vampiric Witches)
  - Flight
  - Hypnosis
  - Mind Reading
Enchanted Moura
- Liminal Deity Physiology
- Primordial Entity Physiology (According to Iberic folklore Mouras have existed since the beginning of time)
- Seduction Intuition
  - Peak Human Beauty/Enhanced
  - Seductive Magnetism
- Shapeshifting
- Reward Granting (Promises to reward people if they break her free from her spell)
- Peak Human Strength/Enhanced
- Genie Physiology (Sometimes described has a genie)
- Nature Spirit Physiology
  - Ghost Physiology (Some modern authors believe that they represented the deceased due to the etymology of their names)
- Different types of "Enchanted Moura"
  - Moura-fiandeira
    - Fortification Creation (some Mouras were believed to have created Hillforts as well as the dolmens, and the megaliths by themselves).
    - Weaving Deity Physiology
  - Pedra-Moura
    - Object Possession (They were believed to live inside Stones)
    - Enchantment (Whoever sat on the stones they lived on would be enchanted)
      - Curse Inducement (If the stone was brought home it was believed all animals that lived inside the house may die)
    - Intangibility
  - Moura-serpente
    - Snake Physiology
    - Sometimes Hybrid Physiology
    - Shapeshifting
    - Milk Consumption (These types of Moura liked to be offered Milk)
Mouros
- Male counterpart to the Enchanted Mouras
- Spell Casting (They cast spells that forced enchanted mouras to live in a state of seige)
  - Binding
- Sometimes Giant Physiology
  - Large Size
- Sometimes Warrior Physiology
- In the case of the mourinhos or maruxinhos Elf Physiology (Described by modern scholars has Elf-like)
  - Small Size
Duende
- Trickster
- Teleportation
- Intangibility
- Peak Human Speed/Supernatural
- Magnetic Friendship (Someone is able to befriend them just by making them feel humorous)
- Peak Human Thievery
- Anger Empowerment (If they were angered their tricks would become more and more serious)
  - Disease Magic (If they became really angry they were said to be able to make people fall ill)
Rooster of Barcelos
- Galliform Physiology
- Undead Physiology (In some iterations of the myth the Rooster is dead before standing up)
- Miracle Performing (Through God the rooster was able to stand up and crowed showing that the man that was being hanged was innocent)
  - Truth Detection

Sebastian of Portugal/The Hidden One/The Desired/The Asleep /the Fifth Empire
- Resurrection (Sebastianists believed that Sebastian of Portugal would return in time of need, to restore the independence of Portugal or even to bring forth the Fifth Empire seen in the Daniel 2)
  - Divinity (The Fifth Empire which Sebastian would lead, supposedly would have united all of Humanity under what basically was meant to be the Kingdom of God on earth)
    - Godly Incarnation (In these myths Sebastian served as a sort of vehicle for God/Jesus to rule over the earth.)
    - Almighty Ascension
    - Overwhelming Influence
      - Planetary Lordship
        Personal Domain
        
        Utopia Lordship (At least according to Sebastianists)
- Destiny Chosen
- National Personification (Of Portugal and of the Fifth Empire)
  - Archetype:Nation Leader
    - Archetype:Ruler
    - Authority
- Science-Magic Ascendancy (The Fifth Empire represents the ultimate form of fusion between material (science, reason, intellectual speculation) and spiritual knowledge: the occult, mystical speculation and Kabbalism.)
  - Totality Manipulation (via the Fifth Empire)
    - Possibly Meta-Concept Manipulation
- It should be reminded that even though Sebastian is seen has a messianic figure he is still infinitely bellow God and Jesus.

Limitations[]

None of these beings are Omnipotent.

Known Users[]

Portuguese Legends (Folklore)
- Adamastor (Portuguese Folklore)
- Enchanted Moura/Mouros (Portuguese Folklore/Lusitanian Mythology)
- Broxa (Portuguese Folklore)
- Cuca/Coco (Portuguese/Spanish/Latin American Folklore)
- Tàgides(Portuguese Folklore)
- Rooster of Barcelos (Portuguese Folklore)
- Sebastian of Portugal (Portuguese Folklore/Mythology)
- Duende (Iberian Mythology/Folklore)
Adamastor (Lusiads)
Adamastor (The First Life of Adamastor)
Tàgides (Lusiads)

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