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Myths and legends of the fountains of Trás-os-Montes

Abstract

O distrito de Bragança para lá de diversas qualidades tanto a nível gastronómico, paisagístico e cultural possui também um grande caráter histórico, nomeadamente recheado de lendas e mitos relacionadas com as fontes. Estas histórias mostram, igualmente, que no passado a crença em presságios era algo permanente, principalmente quando havia algo de mau a acontecer a sociedade tentava encontrar a sua salvação com algo visível, como a água.The district of Bragança beyond various qualities, landscaping, gastronomic and cultural ones, also has a great historic nature, namely full of legends and myths related to fountains. These stories also show that in the past the belief in omens was something permanent, especially when there was something bad happening, society tried to find their salvation with something visible, like water

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