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Hupia
In Taíno culture, the hupia (also ''opia'', ''opi'a'', ''op'a'', ''operi'to'') is the spirit of a dead person.
In Taíno spiritual beliefs, hupias (spirits of the dead) were contrasted with goeiza, spirits of the living. While a living ''goieza'' had definite form, after death the spirit was released as a ''hupia'' and went to live in a remote earthly paradise called Coaybay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Maria Poviones-Bishop )〕 Hupias were believed to be able to assume many forms, sometimes appearing as faceless people or taking the form of a deceased loved one. Hupias in human form could always be distinguished by their lack of a navel. Hupias were also associated with bats and said to hide or sleep during the day and come out at night to eat guava fruit.
Hupias, as spirits of the dead and the night, were feared and said to seduce women and kidnap people who ventured outside after dark.
==Literary references==
In the novel ''Jurassic Park'' by Michael Crichton, hupia are suspected of an attack on an 18-year-old boy working construction of the dinosaur theme park on Isla Nublar. This culprit is later described as a velociraptor. Hupia are also accused of a rash of attacks on infants and other people in rural Costa Rica. They were described as "night ghosts, faceless vampires who kidnapped small children". Later events showed that the real culprits were Procompsognathuses that had escaped from Isla Nublar.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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