THE legend of the oriole it has reports of having a true beginning. Also known as bag man, this character from Brazilian folklorecause fear among children disobedient.
To educate their children, parents often tell the story with the teaching of the need to obey parents and be careful with strangers.
This figure, similar to the bogeyman, is also present in other countries such as Argentina and in the Chile.
Oriole Legend or Sackman
The legend is mainly known in the Northeast folklore due to reports of missing children in the Recife region, Bahia and on Paraíba. A detailed version states that the Oriole was a high-class man with a terrible disease.
The story was born in Recife in 1886, with Pedro Luís, the son of a great man of high society in Pernambuco. Very pale, they discovered that he had a rare disease, with no remedy or cure.
One of the enslaved blacks who worked for Pedro, named José, skilled in witchcraft, thought he could receive a benefit because of his illness. Thus, the man claimed to know the cure: it would be necessary to eat a child's liver.
In search of freedom, José set out to look for the livers and, that same night, the man went out into the streets of Recife with a bag on his back. On the way, he even thought about selling the livers to buy his freedom, but Pedro Luís refused the offer.
Pedro advised Joseph to look for a white man to do the cruel work, as that would attract less attention.
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After much searching, José found a Portuguese named Joaquim, with a good appearance and a terrible heart. So, Joaquim went looking for children in the streets. He offered sweets only to those he deemed inattentive and disobedient.
However, the disease progressed more and more, despite the gruesome efforts. Pedro lost his servants and he himself began to go out on the streets.
*Adapted from the video of the Causos de Cordel YouTube channel.
Appearance of the Oriole
Legend says that the man was old, hunchbacked, bearded and carried a large bag on his back.
Some versions say that the man has vampire teeth and claws in his hands, while others say he transforms into a werewolf.
With terrible features, from a mysterious illness, the character has been cited in numerous texts by anthropologists as Luís da Câmara Cascudo and Gilberto Freyre.
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