SciFi and Fantasy Art: Kanaima

Very cool picture It looks very realistic, and I'm very pleased that you didn't just stick the cat-like head on a human body like some do. You have made him look like a cat-like creature, which has succeeded very well. KUTGW

Nice! I like this race... hehe I find it really great how you continue the spots. Usually people would just do the head.

The Jaguar is only one form of the kanaima (Brazil: "kanaime"). They can change into birds and other animals, too. I have lived with Indians who are in terrible fear of them which leads me to believe that they are real. I have heard bizarre stories. Email me if you wish to know more. I'll even share with you the only known picture of a real-life kanaima.

By the way, very nice picture. I like it a lot.

Wrrrau! Vixen speaks my language (oh well, the other way around, actually.

mmmmmmmm...
grrrrrrr...
nice body.,
but dear God don't look at the face!!!x/
oh my!!!
heeeeeeee is ugly...
but great, I love it!!)

Awesome, just awesome!!

Kanaima is a real practice in Northern South America, predominantly in Guyana with variants in other locales. This drawing is an interesting interpretation, but is a little too "were-jaguar" in my opinion. The Kanaima are a type of assault shamans who attack not only the indigenous population but have a long history of killing white and black settlers. They do use a type of plant, related to ginger, to aid them in their attacks. They often strike people who are alone and defenseless and mutilate their victims in a particular way. Victims are most often poisoned and their tongue (pierced with snake fangs) swells so they cannot speak. Kanaima are neither monsters nor spirits but real people who are known to a community. If you want to learn more, read "Dark Shamans: The Poetics of Violent Death" by Neil Whitehead.

The head is amazing.

very nice but i have real photo

Ungh. It’s coming to get me. HELP! Wait a minute. It is only a picture? Thank god for that.