Brazil · Folktales and oral traditions
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Brazil
- Tales
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- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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In the Brazilian collection dated 1917, night comes from under the sea and birds announce the dawn. Look for “madrugada” in Eells’s edition. The collector connects the turning of night into day with this Brazilian Portuguese word for the early hours.
Tales in the Atlas
How Night Came
1917 · Elsie Spicer Eells · Fairy Tales from Brazil
Tales found across countries
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