Brazilian folk tradition of the Mãe-do-Ouro
- Date of account
- Nineteenth-century literary and travel records; exact reports vary
- Location
- Brazil, especially Minas Gerais and São Paulo interior
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Mãe-do-Ouro is a Brazilian legend of a luminous female or fiery aerial presence associated with gold, mountains, caves, and treasure. Nineteenth-century Brazilian writers and travelers recorded variants in which a moving fire or glowing object marks hidden wealth or protects a place. The tradition is important for comparison because it joins sky-like motion, fire, mineral wealth, gendered personification, and landscape memory. Specific nineteenth-century attestations must be identified rather than inferred from modern folklore websites, since variants and publication dates differ substantially.
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