Matinta Perera, the Whistling Witch

The myth

The Matinta Perera is one of the best-known figures of Pará folklore. By day she is an ordinary woman, often living alone; by night she becomes a bird or wraps herself in black and flies over the houses, perches on walls and roofs and gives a shrill, insistent whistle. Worn out, the residents promise her tobacco, coffee, cane liquor or fish so she will leave. The next day an old woman knocks at the door asking for what was promised, and whoever fails to deliver suffers misfortune. She passes the curse from mother to daughter or to the woman who accepts the gift.

Why it has this power

A level 3 common with ATK 1100 and DEF 900. It is a darkness-element Spellcaster, with Moon and Fox: the night and the cunning of a promise collected. Alone it is small, but fused with any Bird it becomes the Matinta Perera as the Shroud-Tearer, with ATK 2250.

Did you know

The writer Frederico José de Santana Néri recorded the Matinta Perera as early as the nineteenth century.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Bird → Matinta Perera as the Shroud-Tearer
• In Dona Benedita, Folk Healer of the Backlands's deck
• In Great Pajé Ybytu's deck

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
• Craft with card dust: 40 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Matinta Perera — Wikipédia
2. Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro — Luís da Câmara Cascudo