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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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