Tupi · No. 015
Norato, the River Serpent
Real myth
A serpent in the river by day, by night he longs to be a man. He needs someone brave.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1700
- DEF
- 1500
- Level
- 5
- Type
- Serpent
- Element
- Water
- Constellations
- Moon · Leviathan
The myth
Cobra Norato is an Amazonian legend widely told in Pará. A woman gave birth to twins who were snakes, children of the Great Snake: Honorato, kind and generous, and Maria Caninana, cruel, who sank boats. Norato lived in the rivers, but on festival nights he left his snakeskin on the bank, became a young man and went dancing. He begged anyone brave enough to break his enchantment. In versions collected by folklorists, someone had to pour milk into the sleeping snake's mouth and wound it with iron until it bled. In 1931 the poet Raul Bopp turned the legend into a classic of Brazilian modernism.
Why it has this power
A level 5 uncommon with ATK 1700 and DEF 1500: strong for a river snake, yet still waiting for someone. It is a water-element Serpent; Moon is the festival night, Leviathan the Great Snake's inheritance. Fused with a Warrior, it becomes Honorato, the Man Who Was a Serpent. It is also an offering for the Rite of the Great Flood.
Did you know
Raul Bopp's poem Cobra Norato is one of the most famous works of Brazilian modernist poetry.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Warrior → Honorato, the Man Who Was a Serpent
- In Iandira, Captain of the Creek's deck
- In Jaci-Miri, Sentinel of the Forest's deck
Where to get it
- Campaign drop: Iandira, Captain of the Creek (Heart of the Forest) — grade S: 20% · grade A: 20% · grade B: 20% · grade C: 14% · grade D: 10%
- Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
- Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
- Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
- Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
- Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
- Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
- Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
- Craft with card dust: 100 dust
- Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).
Sources
- Cobra-grande — Wikipédia
- Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro — Luís da Câmara Cascudo