The Mother of Gold
In the forests of Serra da Bocaina and around the old mining trails, the elderly say that a luminous figure of a woman appears in the early morning. She is the Mother of Gold — guardian of treasures that should not be found. Whoever finds her wakes up at dawn with no memory of what happened. The treasures remain untouched.
The legend
In the forests of Serra da Bocaina and around the old mining trails, the elderly say that a luminous figure of a woman appears in the early morning. She is the Mother of Gold — guardian of treasures that should not be found. Whoever finds her wakes up at dawn with no memory of what happened. The treasures remain untouched.
Character
Guardian female entity
Location
Serra da Bocaina; Old mining trails and Gold Path
Observations and sources
Local variation of the national myth of the Mother of Gold, here mixed with the tradition of the Caminho do Ouro and the colonial treasures of Serra da Bocaina. Sources: rpmparaty.blogspot.com