Editing Amazon river dolphin (section)

===In mythology===
{{Main|River dolphin#Mythology}}
In traditional Amazon River [[folklore]], at night, an Amazon river dolphin becomes a handsome young man who seduces girls, impregnates them, and then returns to the river in the morning to become a dolphin again. Similarly, the female becomes a beautiful, well-dressed, wealthy-looking young woman. <ref name=Cravalho/> This dolphin [[shapeshifting|shapeshifter]] is called an ''[[River dolphin#In mythology|encantado]]''. The myth has been suggested to have arisen partly because [[dolphin genitalia]] bear a resemblance to those of humans. Others believe the myth served (and still serves) as a way of hiding the incestuous relations which are quite common in some small, isolated communities along the river.<ref name=Cravalho/> In the area, tales relate it is bad luck to kill a dolphin. Legend also states that if a person makes eye contact with an Amazon river dolphin, they will have lifelong nightmares. According to the pink Amazon river dolphin myth, it is said that this creature takes form of a human and seduces men and women to the Underworld of Encante. This underworld place is said to be 'Atlantis-like Paradise', yet no one has come back from it alive. Myths say that whoever kills the amazon dolphin will have bad luck, but it's worse for whoever eats it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.savacations.com/myths-legends-amazons-pink-river-dolphin/|title=Myths And Legends of the Amazon's Pink River Dolphin|last=Dunnell|first=Tony|date=2019-02-01|website=South American Vacations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref> Local legends also state that the dolphin is the guardian of the [[Amazonian manatee]], and that if one should wish to find a manatee, one must first make peace with the dolphin.

Associated with these legends is the use of various fetishes, such as dried eyeballs and genitalia.<ref name=Cravalho/> These may or may not be accompanied by the intervention of a [[Shamanism|shaman]]. A recent study has shown, despite the claim of the seller and the belief of the buyers, none of these fetishes is derived from the ''boto''. They are derived from ''[[Costero|Sotalia guianensis]]'', are most likely harvested along the coast and the Amazon River delta, and then are traded up the Amazon River. In inland cities far from the coast, many, if not most, of the fetishes are derived from domestic animals such as sheep and pigs.<ref name=Gravena/>