Cuca (folklore)

Cuca (folklore)

Cuca (from Portuguese), also known as "The Cuc," is a female monster from Brazilian folklore. It is an ugly old alligator that eats disobedient children. There is a very popular lullaby in Brazil about it:

: Sleep, baby,: Because the Cuca wants to take you: Daddy go to the garden: Mummy come straight back

Apart from the lullaby, the monster remains popular today only as a literary character of books by Monteiro Lobato and by television programs for children "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo".

External links

* [http://sitio.globo.com/TVGlobo/CMA_Generico_Producao/tvg_repfoto_imagem_classe/0,9310,353903_3,00.gifPicture of Cuca in the TV program "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo"]


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