Case file · Folklore / legend
Negrinho do Pastoreio
The legend of an enslaved boy beaten and left on an anthill by a cruel rancher, who reappeared unharmed beside the Virgin Mary, was published in its best-known form by João Simões Lopes Neto of Pelotas in 'Lendas do Sul' (1913).
1913 CE · -31.77, -52.34 · status: legend
The account
Gaúchos still light candles to the Negrinho to find lost things. Earlier versions were printed in the 1870s. The point marks Pelotas, Simões Lopes Neto's home.