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Which is the same as if  it were



                                                                                                                                         said to be the whole of  fire. There




                                                                                                                                         is no other thing than a sparkling



                                                                                                                                         torrent running there, it rushes on



                                                                                                                                         the Indians and kills them, like the




                                                                                                                                         curupiras, whatsoever, it is not yet



                                                                                                                                         known with assurance."







            The priest wrote in his letters to                                                                                           The legend of  the fire snake, Boitatá




            Portugal as follows: "There are also



            others (ghosts), especially on the                                                                                           You can see that Boitatá is a brawler,



            beaches, who live most of  the time                                                                                          is not it? In folklore in Brazil,




            near the sea and the rivers, and are                                                                                         Boitatá is a huge fire-snake, always



            called baetata, which means fire.                                                                                            protecting the fields of  people who
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