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Overview
Accounts from Bragança give Ataíde several appearances. Marcus Vinicius Cunha Oliveira's Bacuriteua fieldwork records a hairy giant, an invisible foul-smelling presence and a huge man leaving unexpectedly small footprints. Some narratives include threatened sexual violence. In André Tavares da Gama's 2014 testimony, a stranger approaches while his sons sleep and asks for water. André supplies it; the stranger says he comes from Germany. André avoids admitting that the boys are asleep, and the visitor eventually walks toward a bridge and disappears.
Maria Regina Ribeiro Reis's Acarajó research places Ataíde among the feared visagens that influence when and how crab collectors enter mangroves. Some interviewees nevertheless say he has left areas beside the Bragança–Ajuruteua road, where increased collecting has disturbed established harvesting points. Their differing accounts connect the being with changing access to a worked landscape. Reis distinguishes these conversations from physical descriptions she quotes through earlier scholarship; Oliveira's named testimonies likewise differ in whether anyone claims a personal encounter.
Origins & earliest records
Reis's inspected dissertation dates to 2007, including a drawing photographed in August 2006. Oliveira's 2023 article records Bacuriteua research conducted in 2010–2015. These are dated ethnographic witnesses from coastal Pará, rather than evidence for an exact beginning of the tradition or a uniform Brazilian version.
Records & interpretation
The profile draws on Reis, printed pages 33 and 68, and Oliveira, pages 71–76. Descriptions differ between named speakers, and reported encounters include both firsthand claims and stories about others. Oliveira's proposed connection with German research activity is an interpretation, not proof of the being's historical origin.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
Na Friadagem do Mangal: organizar e tirar caranguejos nos fins de semana em Bragança (Vila do Acarajó)
UFPA sociology dissertation; inspected title pages and pp. 33, 68, separating interview material from quoted earlier descriptions.
- 02
Um bricoleur no mangue: natureza, imaginário e a produção de saberes no manguezal
Nova Revista Amazônica XI(3), pp. 62–81; inspected pp. 71–76 and named Bacuriteua accounts.
Family & connections
A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.
References
Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.
- ResearchReis 2007: Ataíde in Acarajó crab-collecting ethnographyResearch access: 2026-10-05
- ResearchOliveira 2023: named Bacuriteua mangrove testimoniesResearch access: 2026-10-05
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