Episode 61: The Encantado

Legends of the Hidden Horde · Oct 13, 2026 · 13m

In episode 61 we go down to the river after the lamps are lit, where the water is the color of tea and something breaks the surface without wanting to be seen. This is the Encantado, the enchanted one, told along the Amazon and its tributaries, and most often worn by the boto, the pink river dolphin. Older river names sit under the Portuguese word. Among them, uauiará, a protector of fish, a water-dog, a lover of women at the bank. The stories belong to Ribeirinho communities and to Indigenous tellings that colonization did not invent. Candace Slater's Dance of the Dolphin and the work of…