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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