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Noronha: A whole pack of legends...

As you talk to the locals you will hear many interesting legends about the island...some very ancient, others remoting to the time of exile.
Those are some of the legends i´ve heard:
First of all, as you might have already seen in the photos of the island, Morro Dois Irmãos and Morro do Pico, in a certain angle, reminds a lot specific parts of the body....you know....hehehe. What the locals used to say is that in ancient times, two giants fell in love without permition and as a penitence the gods transformed them into stone....
The most modern story is that the breast of stone is the monument of a brazilian singer called Fafa de Belem, with very large breast =P
Other legend is quite real (don´t know how much of it is...hihi) about an habitant of the island that used to dive without any equipment and reach incredible depths....he also used to fish without any equipment....the locals say he went some ten years ago for another "swim" and never returned...
Another story, spooky, is about the ghost a blond, extremely beautiful woman that used to walk on the beach at night, dressed in white, to tempt the fishermen. Anyone who surrendered at her attempts would loose their lives... A local told me a funny story about this legend.... his sister is a very blond girl, one night she went for a promenade at the beach, and accidentaly frightened some people heheheheh
Not to mention the story of hidden treasures, pirates, and curses that every island have....