Papa Bois Trinidad Folklore Characters

The ligahoo or loup garou is the shape changer of caribbean folklore.

Papa bois trinidad folklore characters. If you never encountered a strange child who tried to lure you into the forest when you were a child then you were probably baptised or. Death befalls anyone who violates the forest in his care. Papa bois otherwise known as maître bois meaning master of the woods or daddy bouchon meaning hairy man a french patois word for father wood or father of the forest is a popular fictional folklore character of st. He is a.

Is a folklore character usually depicted as having a man s head chest and arms. Caribbean folklore and stories. Fink the legend of the chickcharney originated in the bahamas. Mami wata and papa bois.

Lucia and trinidad and tobago. Science man shape changer obeah man. French creole papa father french bois woods. The ligahoo exhibit showed the laboratory of the man knowledgeable in potions curses cures and magic.

He is the protector of animals in the forests and can change himself into animal forms to lead hunters away. This furry feathered creature. Papa bois has goat horns on his head and the lower body of a goat or similar animal. Half man half goat he is the protector of the forests.