Vitória Regia, Star of the Waters
Friday, May 22, 2015
There´s a Tupi Guarani legend which tells that whenever the moon hid itself behind
the horizon, it took its favorite maiden to live in the sky. If the moon fell in love with a girl, the
girl would turn into a star. Naia, daughter of an Indian chief and
princess of the tribe, was impressed with the story. Then at night when
everyone was asleep , she climbed the hills chasing for the moon in the hope that
it would see her.But
the moon did not seem to notice her and couldn´t hear her sobs of sadness in the
distance. One night, Naia saw in the clear waters of a lake the shape of the
moon. The poor girl, imagining that the moon had come to pick her up, threw
herself into the deep waters of the lake and was never seen again.
Posted bySandra Nunes at 8:23 AM
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