Yacuruna
Country of Origin: Peru
Being Type: Water People
Being Type: Water People
Power Stats
Aggression
6/10
Magic Abilities
9/10
Physical Power
7/10
Origin Backstory
Amazon indigenous lore describes Yacuruna as reversed-headed people living in underwater cities, riding caimans and abducting humans to their realm. They control river creatures and heal with plants.
Key Features
- •Heads/face backward
- •Underwater palaces
- •Shapeshift animals
- •Caiman mounts
- •Shamanic healers
Lore
Yacuruna are the "water people" in Amazonian indigenous lore, inverted-headed beings living in underwater cities beneath rivers. They ride caimans, shapeshift into animals, and abduct humans to their realm, sometimes marrying them or teaching shamanic healing with plants. Yacuruna control river creatures and represent the spiritual power of water. Encounters involve enchantment or danger, reflecting the dual nature of rivers as life-giving and perilous. They embody the mystery of the Amazon and the connection between human and water worlds in indigenous cosmology.