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The Islands Of Magic - Legends, Folk And Fairy Tales From The Azores (Paperback)
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The Islands Of Magic - Legends, Folk And Fairy Tales From The Azores (Paperback)
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Loot Price R477
Discovery Miles 4 770
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Some three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there
is a group of nine beautiful islands called the Azores which belong
to Portugal. Their names are Flores, Corvo, Fayal, Pico, S. Jorge,
Graciosa, Terceira, S. Miguel, and Santa Maria. Many people think
them to be the mountain peaks of the submerged continent, Atlantis,
which long ago was covered by the ocean. There are ancient records
which tell of Arabian caravels driven back by dangerous seas
surrounding islands full of volcanoes. There are old pictures which
portray seas of spouting geysers and flaming volcanic isles. In
these regions islands had a habit of suddenly lifting themselves
out of the ocean and then disappearing again from view. When the
largest of the islands, S. Miguel or St. Michael as it is called in
English, was mapped, two mountain peaks were marked where later
only one could be discovered. Thus it was that the Azores gained
their reputation. Islands full of volcanoes amid seas of spouting
geysers could be nothing else but enchanted. And islands and
mountain peaks which suddenly vanished away from one's sight Surely
the Azores must be the true land of magic. The day of folktales is
departing from the Azores," said the wise woman. "Public schools
came with the republic, and where books of printed stories enter
folktales become confused and soon are lost.
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