Boitatá, Serpent of Fire

The myth

The Boitatá is one of the oldest beings recorded in Brazil. In 1560, in a letter written at São Vicente, the Jesuit José de Anchieta described the baetatá, the "thing of fire": a luminous streak that ran at night, mostly near the sea and rivers, and that the Tupi peoples of the coast feared. The name joins Tupi words for thing or snake and for fire, tatá. Over the centuries it became a great fire serpent that protects forests and fields from those who set them ablaze. In Rio Grande do Sul, Simões Lopes Neto recorded the snake that, during a dark flood, ate the eyes of dead animals and began to glow.

Why it has this power

A level 9 legendary with ATK 3200 and DEF 2700, the Boitatá is fire that watches over fire, which is why it is a fire-element Serpent. Sun recalls the streak of light Anchieta described; Leviathan, the water snake of the great flood in the southern version. It is one of the game's ancient rhymes: it is born from fusing the Smoke-Serpent of the Wildfire with the Curupira.

Did you know

Many scholars link the Boitatá to will-o'-the-wisps, the lights that appear over marshes and fields at night.

Connections

• Born from the fusion of: Smoke-Serpent of the Wildfire + Curupira, Guardian of the Forest

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0.0035% per pack (Legendary 0.03% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.014% per pack · 0.084% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.05% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.028% per pack · 0.17% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.1% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.099% per pack · 0.59% in the themed pack (Legendary 0.4% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.23% per pack · 1.4% in the themed pack (Legendary 1% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.21% of days · 6,000 gems
• Craft with card dust: 4,800 dust
• Born from the fusion of: Smoke-Serpent of the Wildfire + Curupira, Guardian of the Forest

Sources

1. Boitatá — Wikipedia
2. Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro — Luís da Câmara Cascudo