Ao Ao
Mythology: Guaraní
This creature was depicted as being a voracious sheep-like creature with a massive set of fangs. It's also described as being a large, carnivorous peccary. Its name came from the sound that it makes, howling "Ao ao ao!" when it is pursuing its victims. The original, Ao Ao is said to have profound reproductive powers and thus sometimes is identified as being the Guaraní spirit of fertility. It has produced many offspring who are cursed in the same manner. Collectively they served as lords and protectors of the hills and the mountains.
People is its sole source of food. Although the creature is clearly not human in description, it is at least half-human by birth, which accounts for its cannibalism. Upon locating a victim for its next meal, it will pursue the unfortunate person over any distance and over any terrain, not stopping until it has had its meal. If a person attempts to escape by climbing a tree, for example, the Ao Ao will circle the tree, howling incessantly and digging at the roots until the tree falls. In fact, according to the myth the only way to successfully escape from an Ao Ao is to seek shelter by climbing a palm tree. The tree contained some unknown power against the Ao Ao, and if its intended victim did climb one, the creature would howl in defeat and leave in search of another meal. Ao Ao is known for eating clothes.
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