53 Papa Bois Trinidad Folklore Characters

Mami wata and papa bois.

Papa bois trinidad folklore characters. French creole papa father french bois woods. Caribbean folklore and stories. The ligahoo exhibit showed the laboratory of the man knowledgeable in potions curses cures and magic. Science man shape changer obeah man. 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 has goat horns on his head and the lower body of a goat or similar animal.

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. The ligahoo or loup garou is the shape changer of caribbean folklore. Lucia and trinidad and tobago. Fink the legend of the chickcharney originated in the bahamas. Half man half goat he is the protector of the forests. He will not allow any trees of animals in his forests to be hunted or destroyed. His name is french and translates as father of the woods.

Is a folklore character usually depicted as having a man s head chest and arms. Papa bois also called maître bois is the protector of the forest the keeper of the trees and the master of the animals.