Tales of Giants from Brazil

by Elsie Spicer Eells, Helen M. Barton (Illustrator)

Years ago when the Portuguese settlers came to Brazil they brought with them the folk-tales of the old world, and this is a book filled with these tales.

84 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 2001

About the author

Elsie Eusebia Spicer Eells (West Winfield, New York, September 21, 1880 — Volusia, Florida, May 24, 1963) was a researcher of folklore with Iberian roots and a writer who traveled in the early years of the twentieth century across the Atlantic basin and was noted for the publication of several collections of short stories and legends based on the oral tradition of various regions visited, including Brazil and the Azores.

Reviews

[Dávid Ursiny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, based on myths of indigenous people, but this is not record taken from them, but retelling, which is very "anglicized" and romantic.